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The Communities Secretary finds that West Berkshire District Council has a 5 year housing land supply.

Stephen Hockman QC and Jane Campbell represented the appellate wife in the case of Birch v Birch heard in the UK Supreme Court earlier this year.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the prospect of a Green Brexit, the liability of 'successors' for contamination of land under the Part IIA regime, and the prospective impact of China's waste ban on the UK.

Their lawyers fought it every step of the way, but now the US President, Secretary of State, Defence Secretary and nine federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, will have to answer in court for the simple but far-reaching legal question posed by a group of young people from Oregon: ‘Do we have a right to life in a sustainable climate?'

In an interview for the newly launched Lawyer Portal, Mukhtiar Singh speaks about his decision to change career later in life to practise as a barrister.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 13 July. Its substantive provisions occupy 13 pages, with a further 47 pages of schedules (much of the latter being devoted to devolution issues).

Jill Barrett spoke at a conference on Maritime Delimitations and Hydrocarbon Resources in Central America and the Caribbean.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, the government's position paper on nuclear negotiations following withdrawal from Euratom, and the failure of a bid to judicially review a marine licence grant in respect of development works at Brighton marina.

After over two weeks in retirement, the jury in the familial sex abuse case being prosecuted by Oliver Saxby QC leading Georgina Gibbs at Reading Crown Court have returned their verdicts.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the fine imposed on a water company for sewage pollution, an Environment Agency report into the water and sewage performance of companies, and the OFWAT consultation on the 2019 water industry price review.

Grant Armstrong is currently representing the parents of Charlie Gard in the High Court with Gerard Rothschild

In a recent article for the Journal of Water Law, Charles Morgan addresses the challenges of cost-benefit analysis in the context of environmental regulation and private nuisance claims.

The trial of Michael Danaher - prosecuted by Oliver Saxby QC and Michael Roques - is the centrepiece of tonight’s instalment of the Channel 4 documentary series, ‘Catching a Killer’.

David Travers QC and Mark Watson represented Martinisation London Limited after the company was accused of corporate manslaughter and associated health and safety offences.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, William Upton and Nicholas Ostrowski consider an attempt by ClientEarth to force the Government to review the consultation process for the National Air Quality Plan, new guidance for claims against the Environment Agency where flood defence work has been inadequate, and a new published list of penalties imposed for EU ETS breaches.

The trial of Katherine Cox and Danny Shepherd began on Monday at Maidstone Crown Court before Mr Justice Stuart-Smith.

David Travers QC has returned from a trip to Brazil organised by the Bar Council in collaboration with the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil and Lex Anglo Brasil.

The members of 6 Pump Court are pleased to announce that Ben Irwin has accepted an invitation of tenancy with Chambers. He joins the Criminal Team with immediate effect.

A London taxi driver represented by Thomas Stern has been acquitted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

William Upton and Megan Thomas are speaking at the RTPI Planning Law Update Conference in London today.