Davidstow Cathedral City cheese firm pollution fine – BBC News
‘One of the UK’s biggest cheddar cheese suppliers has been fined more than £1.5m after admitting a host of pollution and odour charges.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: environmental protection
Goodbye greenwash! How the law is being used to force corporates to act on climate change – Mills & Reeve
‘Organisations and their leaders will increasingly face the financial and reputational consequences of climate change inaction, believes Alice Garton, director of global legal strategy at the Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE).’
Mills & Reeve, 10th June 2022
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
Adverts claiming plastic grass is eco-friendly are not allowed, says ASA – The Guardian
‘Adverts claiming plastic grass is “eco-friendly” and “purifies” the atmosphere must be removed after the Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints of greenwashing.’
The Guardian, 8 June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge rejects legal challenge to grant of planning permission in dispute over whether committee could impose condition requiring 12 ecological corridor – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a judicial review challenge of BCP Council’s decision to grant full planning permission for a substantial mixed use development in Bournemouth.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Charitable trusts environmental investment ruling could have wider repercussions – OUT-LAW.com
‘A decision by the High Court of England and Wales to allow the trustees of two charitable trusts to exclude investments on the grounds that they conflict with their environmental values could have wider impacts for other organisations involved in investment activity, according to two legal experts.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Council facing judicial review challenge over approval of plans to double size of poultry farm – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judicial review application has been made against Powys County Council over its decision to grant planning permission for the expansion of a poultry farm that is in the catchment area of a Special Area of Conservation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The Broads: Couple launch legal challenge over water extraction monitoring plans – BBC News
‘A couple who have spent years battling water abstraction in a national park are taking their fight to the High Court.’
BBC News, 9th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Trustee investment policy: Butler-Sloss & Ors – Law & Religion UK
‘In Butler-Sloss & Ors v The Charity Commission for England and Wales & Anor [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch), the trustees of two charities – the Ashden Trust and the Mark Leonard Trust, whose principal purposes were environmental protection and improvement and the relief of poverty – sought clarification on whether they could adopt an investment policy that excluded many profitable potential investments which they considered would conflict with their charitable purposes.’
Law & Religion UK, 2nd May 2022
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
Wetlands protection law delays building of new homes in England – The Guardian
‘A legal requirement that new houses do not pollute nearby wetlands, rivers and nature reserves has halted development across a swath of England.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
EV charging infrastructure – landlord and tenant issues – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘In the second blog in our series looking at common questions we receive on the roll out of EV infrastructure, we focus on two queries we regularly see in the context of landlord and tenant relations.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 26th April 2022
EV charging infrastructure – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘The EV infrastructure roll out to meet the government’s 2030 target of ending sales of all new petrol and diesel cars is well underway with the private sector rolling out digital charging “at pace”. At the end of March, the government published plans to supercharge progress (more on this below) with promises to do more to encourage private investment so activity in what is already a thriving sector looks likely to intensify. With this is mind, we thought it would be interesting to look at some common queries we receive from clients already active in this sector.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 20th April 2022
Insulate Britain members disrupt trial by gluing hands to court furniture – The Guardian
‘Three members of Insulate Britain have disrupted a magistrates court trial, gluing their hands to court furniture and paying tribute to the environmental activist who died after setting himself on fire outside the US supreme court.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Insulate Britain declares courts ‘site of civil resistance’, saying legal system not legitimate – The Independent
‘Climate protest group Insulate Britain has declared Britain’s courts “a site of non-violent civil resistance”, saying the UK legal system no longer has any legitimacy.’
The Independent, April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Trial of Extinction Rebellion co-founder delayed pending High Court judgment – The Independent
‘The criminal damage trial of the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been delayed pending a High Court judgment over the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol.’
The Independent, 19th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
EPA prosecution costs – Nearly Legal
‘A judicial review of a Magistrates Court decision on costs in a section 82 Environmental Protection Act 1990 prosecution.’
Nearly Legal, 18th April 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Breach of injunction preventing works on woodland site sees landowner receive jail sentence – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landowner in Kent has been given a custodial term of eight months imprisonment, with two months immediate custody and six suspended for 18 months, for breaching an injunction against works on an ancient woodland site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
HS2 protestor’s conviction proportionate with human rights, High Court rules – OUT-LAW.com
‘The English and Welsh Divisional Court has found that it is proportionate to convict a protestor of trespass, providing potential reassurance to companies whose business is disrupted through protests.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th April 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Adders and slowworms to gain extra protection under new system in England – The Guardian
‘Adders and slowworms will be among animals given extra protection under plans by the government to “streamline” the process for protecting nature-rich areas.’
The Guardian, 29th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Extinction Rebellion vicar protester has conviction quashed – BBC News
‘A vicar who took part in a peaceful Extinction Rebellion demonstration outside a Ministry of Defence site has had her conviction quashed.’
BBC News, 24th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
