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A weekly round-up of the latest environmental enforcement developments, including a £1.6 million fine imposed on Anglian Water for repeated sewage...
Ofwat has published a consultation on its proposed decision to amend the Customer Protection Code of Practice (CPCoP) by transferring non-price...
The European Parliament has announced the adoption of its position on proposed amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act concerning EU supplies....
The European Commission has opened a consultation on a draft implementing regulation specifying which persons and businesses will be entitled to...
Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollutionPrivate nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a...
Public nuisance—general principlesPublic nuisanceThe common law offence of public nuisance was abolished by section 78 of the Police, Crime,...
Meaning of waste—definition of wasteDefinition of Waste'Waste' is defined in the Waste Framework Directive, Directive 2008/98/EC (WFD) as any...
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entryThe Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have...
Public nuisance—general principlesPublic nuisanceThe common law offence of public nuisance was abolished by section 78 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA 2022) and replaced by the statutory offence of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the public. However,
Private nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for environmental harmPrivate nuisanceRelevance of private nuisance in modern lawNotwithstanding the quite complex level of environmental regulation, private nuisance (along with other torts such as negligence and trespass)
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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