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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s publication of finalised rules requiring listed...
The Council of the EU has agreed its negotiating position on a proposed regulation to simplify and accelerate environmental assessments across the EU....
A weekly round-up of the latest environmental enforcement developments, including South West Water fined £7.8 million for illegal sewage discharges...
The Council of the European Union (Council of the EU) has agreed its negotiating mandate on the remaining part of the ‘Omnibus X’ food and feed safety...
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...
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)
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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