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The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its 2026 report to Parliament on the progress in reducing UK emissions. Laid before Parliament under...
The London School of Economics (LSE) has published its ‘Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2026 Snapshot’, reviewing developments in global...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the 'United Kingdom's International Action Plan for Plant Health 2026 to...
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the 'Farming Roadmap 2050: Growing England's Future' alongside its response...
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...
Harbour authorities—duties and powersDuties and powersHarbour authoritiesA harbour authority is an independent self-governing body that is responsible for safely managing and efficiently running a harbour.Most harbours are administered by statutory harbour authorities (SHAs), empowered and governed
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
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
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
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