Navigate the intricate landscape of ensuring compliance with environmental laws. Discover vital insights on preparing for environmental enforcement actions and defending against prosecutions, empowering you to effectively advocate for your clients.
A weekly round-up of the latest environmental enforcement developments, including a suspended prison sentence for a skip-hire operator following waste...
The Environment Agency (EA) has published a consultation on proposals to introduce new exemptions from the need to hold an environmental permit under...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on ecodesign requirements for product repairability. The initiative covers products such as...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft implementing regulation to update the list of countries considered to be applying the...
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
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 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 point
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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