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The Environment Agency (EA) has published its Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Storm Overflow Annual Return for 2025, satisfying the statutory...
The Welsh Government has published guidance on section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (E(W)A 2016), which sets out the statutory list of...
The European Commission has opened a feedback period on a draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive (EU) 2023/1791 (the recast...
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to three Sustainability Accounting...
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...
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entryThe Environment agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Natural England have extensive, but not unlimited, powers to enter premises. Environment Agency powersRights of entry and investigation conferred by section
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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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