‘The Supreme Court’s ruling that a canal owner can seek redress for unauthorised discharges of foul water by a sewage utility could open the floodgates to “thousands” of similar claims.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has concluded that Buckinghamshire Council is entitled to a “substantial” sum in the latest ruling in a long-running dispute over a waste management project agreement, although the exact amount will need to be resolved.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A water company fined £90,000 for dumping sewage into a river has been unable to explain two of the spillages.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A pensioner has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally storing waste, including scrapped cars, at a site in Somerset.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cost, space and contamination are some of the worries facing business owners as a new workplace recycling law comes into force across Wales.’
BBC News, 4th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is facing a legal challenge over plans to permit housebuilders in England to allow sewage pollution “through the back door”.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s last opencast coalmine will close later as fears mount over whether the massive site will be restored.’
BBC News, 30th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Changes to UK law made when the Energy Act 2023 recently entered into force gives organisations operating low-level waste disposal sites in the nuclear sector a new right to seek an exemption to strict liability rules associated with operating nuclear sites.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Five men have been sentenced today (9 November 2023) over waste disposal contracts that resulted in losses of around £417,000 to Cardiff City Council.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A judge has granted a judicial review into the way the Environment Agency (EA) in England enforces agricultural pollution laws.’
BBC News, 20th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A delivery driver has been issued with a £4,560 fine for fly-tipping.’
BBC News, 13th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The King (on the application of Wildfish Conservation v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency (Defendant) and the Water Services Regulation Authority (Interested Parties) [2023] EWHC 2285 (Admin). In 2022, there were over three hundred thousand incidents of overflow into coastal waters, freshwater rivers and estuaries from sewerage works in the UK, following heavy rainfall. The most common cause of the overflows studied was rainwater entering sewers with insufficient capacity.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2023
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has handed down judgment on the first application for review of a subsidy decision under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, dismissing the application made by a local business against a Durham County Council decision on the basis that it did not involve the grant of a subsidy.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th September 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK’s environment watchdog suspects the government and regulators have broken the law over how it regulates sewage releases.’
BBC News, 12th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose consider the lessons which can be learned from the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision in the Durham Company Limited v Durham County Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation in the first class action against water companies which are alleged to have failed to reveal the true scale of raw sewage discharges, and abused their position as privatised monopolies.’
The Guardian, 9th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A person has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) as a council cracks down on fly-tipping.’
BBC News, 24th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A loophole in pollution legislation allows farmers to pollute rivers by spreading excess manure, an investigation has found, with those acting unlawfully not facing any action in most cases.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judicial review of plans to build a sewage pumping station in a popular park has begun.’
BBC News, 29th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The pumping of raw, untreated sewage into Britain’s waterways is one of the defining political issues of the day. Its potency as a legal issue, however, is limited. That, at least, is the outcome of R (Wild Justice) v OFWAT [2023] EWCA Civ 28.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st February 2023
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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