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Climate change litigation
Climate change litigation
Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides details on climate change litigation cases. It sets out what climate change litigation includes, some of the key drivers to climate change litigation and jurisdictional issues. It also covers different types of claims, such as claims against the government/public bodies, including constitutional and human rights claims, administrative law claims and judicial review. Other claims include claims against private entities/corporations in respect of their contribution to climate change, including negligence and nuisance claims. The Practice Note also focuses on financial claims, such as claims by shareholders against companies and management, failure to report and claims against financial businesses, such as investment managers and pension funds. Finally, it also covers other types of climate change litigation claims, such as claims involving consumer protection/misleading advertising, public trust doctrine, insurance cover and claims other than before the courts.

Planning and climate change litigation
Planning and climate change litigation
Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides details on how climate change arguments have been used in planning judicial and statutory review cases. It sets out what climate change arguments have been made, some of the key drivers to climate change arguments and different types of planning claims in which climate change arguments are raised, including claims against the government/public bodies and local authorities.

Letter of claim—a living mesothelioma claimant who was exposed to asbestos during their employment
Letter of claim—a living mesothelioma claimant who was exposed to asbestos during their employment
Precedents

This Precedent is a letter of claim on behalf of a living claimant who was exposed to asbestos during their employment with the defendant and has now been diagnosed as suffering from mesothelioma. The statutory breaches are broken down according to the relevant period of exposure to asbestos. Due to the short life expectancy for those sufferers of mesothelioma the letter of claim highlights to the defendant the urgency of the matter.

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