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In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and William Upton consider an early victory for ClientEarth in its legal action to hold the government to account over their Air Quality Plan, contributions from climate change bodies to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry into green finance, and extra funding for DEFRA to help prepare for Brexit.

The case of Joshua Stimpson, charged with the murder of his ex-partner, Molly McLaren, gets underway today.

An interesting feature of 2018 is that adults and children are divided by the millenium in which they were born. It is perhaps fitting that the judgment in the Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth v Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (referred to by the claimants as The People v Arctic Oil) was delivered in the first week of the new year.

A former Detective Inspector facing allegations of serious sexual assault has been acquitted following a trial at Luton Crown Court.

John Buchanan, a 22 year old man from Ramsgate, has been cleared by a jury of murdering an acquaintance, Archie Ward, aged 40.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Nicholas Ostrowski consider the Committee on Climate Change's response to the UK's Clean Growth Strategy, a nuisance case brought against a homeowner building a mega basement, and a consultation which will examine crime and poor performance in the waste sector.

The Crown finished their closing speech in the case of Hussain and others on Friday 12th January, the trial having commenced on 9th October.

Ian Whitehurst represented a waste company that successfully appealed a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, Charles Morgan and Mark Davies consider DEFRA's 25 year Environment Plan and new regulations coming into force this year which impose strict controls on the use of mercury.

A notorious strip club in west London has failed in its application to Westminster City Council to have its sexual entertainment licence renewed.

In this article, Ian Whitehurst discusses the likely effect that the recent Morrisons case will have on employers’ internal procedures as well as on their data protection and security measures.

For the first Environmental Law News of 2018, we make our predictions for the development of environmental law this year.

Following the apology from Apple regarding the company’s admission of deliberately slowing down its software, Ian Whitehurst asks what will be the likely impact on consumers and their rights.

Six Pump Court is a member of the Pupillage Gateway and invites applications for twelve-month pupillage commencing in October 2018.

In an interview with Lexis PSL, Christopher Badger comments on a recent Office for National Statistics report on the progress being made towards measuring the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators in the UK and what other developments we can expect next.

As highlighted in other recent posts on this blog, from the Netherlands to the USA to New Zealand, there is a clear trend for citizens to feel emboldened to take governments to court for a lack of action on climate change.

Chambers is delighted to announce that Mark Watson is to be appointed Queen’s Counsel.

In an article for Lexis PSL, Nicholas Ostrowski, considers some of the sentencing trends following the introduction of the Definitive Guideline for health and safety offences.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, Charles Morgan and Natasha Hausdorff consider an inquiry into nitrate pollution by the Environmental Audit Committee, a House of Commons Committee Report on Brexit and Euratom, and a light-hearted look at a seasonal 'sewer song' and the balance between property rights and environmental interests.

D, a man of effective previous good character, had been convicted of historic sexual assaults and had received a sentence of imprisonment. He instructed new solicitors and applied for leave to appeal against his convictions.