Man guilty of capturing and killing UK’s rarest butterfly – BBC News
‘A collector has been found guilty of capturing and killing the UK’s rarest butterfly.’
BBC News, 16th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: environmental protection
New costs cap regime in force for environmental cases – OUT-LAW.com
‘Courts in England and Wales have new powers to change the maximum cost liabilities that those challenging environmental decisions of public bodies’ through judicial review could be exposed to under new rules that are now in force.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Environment groups fear cost rules may deter vital court challenges – The Guardian
‘Legal challenges to government air pollution standards or to the expansion of Heathrow airport have become too risky financially to pursue under new court regulations, environmental groups are warning.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Environmental Law News Update – Six Pump Court
‘In this latest Environmental News Update, Christopher Badger comments on a record payment for an enforcement undertaking agreed by the Environment Agency, the House of Lords Brexit report, and the UK’s role in the EU-ETS scheme.’
Six Pump Court, 22nd February 2017
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
Companies pay out more than £1.5m for breaking environment laws – The Guardian
‘More than £1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council defeats challenge over decision not to take enforcement action at quarry – Local Government Lawyer
‘Cornwall Council has successfully defended a High Court challenge to its decision not to take enforcement action in respect of unauthorised development at a quarry in the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government facing legal action over failure to fight climate change – The Independent
‘The Government is facing legal action over its failure to come up with a plan to dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels in order to meet the UK’s international commitments in the fight against climate change.’
The Independent, 28th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court rules fracking can go ahead in North Yorkshire – BBC News
‘Anti-fracking campaigners have lost their legal challenge to a decision to allow fracking to take place in North Yorkshire.’
BBC News, 20th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ASA bans ad to remove pollution filters from diesel cars – The Guardian
‘The rogue practice of removing vital pollution filters from the exhausts of diesel vehicles has suffered a blow with the Advertising Standards Agency for the first time banning an advert for the service.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
When the court should look over the shoulder of a decision-maker – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R (ClientEarth No.2) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Garnham J, 21 November 2016. A quick follow-up ruling to the judgment of 2 November (here) in which the UK’s air pollution plans under EU and domestic laws were found wanting by the Administrative Court. The pollutant was nitrogen dioxide – a major product of vehicle exhaust fumes.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Challenges to Heathrow runway and HS2 to be hit by law lifting cap on legal costs – The Guardian
‘Environmental legal challenges face being hit by the “chilling effect” of new government rules that remove a cap on claimants’ costs, according to campaigners, lawyers and politicians.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge quashes DEFRA air quality plan over non-compliance – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has this week quashed the Government’s Air Quality Plan 2015 over its failure to bring the UK into compliance with the law “as soon as possible”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Teenager summoned to court for feeding McDonald’s chip to pigeon – Daily Telegraph
‘A teenager has been summoned to court for feeding a pigeon a McDonald’s chip.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK Government has breached air pollution laws and failed to take enough action on emissions, High Court rules – The Independent
‘The High Court has ruled against the Government over its failure to tackle illegal air pollution.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Appeal judge dismisses challenge to removal of climate change levy exemption – OUT-LAW.com
‘A legal challenge to the government’s decision to end the climate change levy (CCL) exemption for renewable source electricity with only 24 days’ notice has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Subsidy withdrawal from renewable energy entirely lawful – Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In July 2015 the government announced that it was removing a subsidy for renewable energy. Its decision in fact was to take away the exemption that renewable source electricity enjoyed from a tax known as the climate change levy. We have covered previous episodes in the renewables saga on the UKHRB in various posts.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th October 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Air quality law in the United Kingdom at a crossroads – OUP Blog
‘UK air quality law now finds itself at a crossroads. Air quality law is a well-established area of environmental law, having been at the vanguard of much of it. It is a well-established area across multiple levels of governance, with local and national regulation in the UK operating against a backdrop of binding EU standards and an international law framework for transboundary air pollution (the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)). This multilevel body of law highlights that air pollution is a problem that has many sources – local, transboundary, stationary, mobile, manmade, natural – which act and interact via complex pollution pathways, leading to a range of regulatory responses within and beyond jurisdictional boundaries.’
OUP Blog, 3rd October 2016
Source: www.blog.oup.com
Woman sentenced for illegal trade of tiger skins – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A woman has been given a six month suspended prison sentence at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court for attempting to sell two tiger skin rugs illegally on eBay in 2014.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30/09/2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
UK advertising watchdog admits it was wrong to ban Greenpeace fracking advert – The Guardian
‘The UK’s advertising watchdog has admitted it made the wrong decision when it banned a Greenpeace advert last year which claimed fracking would not cut energy bills.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Antiques dealer found guilty of trying to sell elephant tusk at Christie’s after being ‘misled by expert’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A dealer who tried to sell an elephant tusk at Christie’s has been spared a fine after claiming he was “misled” by their antiques experts.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
