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In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger considers the Mayor of London's Environment Strategy, publication of CCS guidance from the Environment Agency, and new EU rules to reduce marine litter.

In an article for Lexis PSL, Ian Whitehurst considers the new proposals set out by the European Commission designed to ‘curtail the space in which terrorists and criminals operate’.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, Mark Davies and Antony Batholomeusz consider an EGC judgment in three linked agricultural pesticide cases, EU infringement proceedings against the UK, France and Germany for breaching nitrogen dioxide limits, and prospects for environmental protection under the EEA Agreement.

Anne Williams will be speaking at this weekend's Regulatory Issues in Property Law Conference 2018 hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Property Law (CCPL).

Six Pump Court will present a Regulatory Law Conference on 13th July in Birmingham.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Mark Davies and Antony Batholomeusz consider the implications of failing to comply with a Remediation Order, a vote by the House of Lords for greater environmental protection post-Brexit, and the continuation of legal controversies over discharges into the Manchester Ship Canal.

Nina Ellin is currently prosecuting two men for the burglary of reality star’s home address.

Successful application under POCA section 22 to reconsider available amount following prosecution for breach of planning enforcement notices.

Jill Barrett is in South Korea participating as an invited speaker in the 2018 Global Ocean Regime Conference.

In 2005 the world watched with eager anticipation as the EU initiated the world’s largest carbon pricing scheme, describing it as “a cornerstone in the fight against climate change.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the new environmental watchdog proposed by DEFRA, a report assessing the key issues for environmental equivalence post-Brexit, and the Public Account Committee's assessment of DEFRA's Brexit preparations.

For the third consecutive year, Six Pump Court will be joining the thousands of other walkers as part of the annual London Legal Walk.

On 14th May Richard Barraclough QC and Gordon Menzies began the prosecution of three individuals charged with manslaughter.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, Charles Morgan and Mark Davies consider the EU's packaging and waste targets, the treatment of "fluff" within the landfill system and what happens when a mattress recycling business abandons its premises and several hundred tonnes of mattresses.

Jill Barrett gave oral evidence on 2 May 2018 to the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the European Union, as part of its inquiry on the progress of the UK’s negotiations on EU withdrawal.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, William Upton, and Nicholas Ostrowski consider the adoption of draft emissions legislation by the European Parliament, an ECJ ruling against mitigation measures in the screening stage of Habitat Regulation Assessment and what happens when a sentencing judge rejects an agreed basis of plea in a regulatory case.

The solicitor convicted by a jury of the neglect of her elderly mother was sentenced on Friday to two and half years imprisonment. Oliver Saxby QC was prosecuting.

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock represented the appellant company and successfully overturned a conviction for an alleged offence under the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010.

Members of the Six Pump Court’s Food Law Team will host a session at this year’s CTSI Symposium.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the imposition of a £350,000 fine on Severn Trent Water Ltd for pollution, amendments to the Withdrawal Bill by the Lords to ensure greater environmental protections, and a win for ClientEarth and others in a CJEU judgment against continued logging in ancient Polish woodland.