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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance on nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) designations and appeals...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has made minor amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). These...
The Environment Agency (EA) has published a regulatory position statement (RPS) regarding the collection and reporting nation of sale and self-managed...
Natural England has launched the ‘Living England’ project, which utilises satellite imagery, targeted field surveys, and machine learning to map and...
The European Commission has prepared a draft implementing regulation for Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 (FuelEU Maritime Regulation), which aims to reduce...
Planning judicial reviewScope of planning judicial reviewA claim for judicial review is defined in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR), SI 1998/3132,...
Climate change—emissions targets, carbon budgets and net zeroClimate Change Act—the 2050 targetUnder the Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA 2008), as...
Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—enforcement, offences and civil sanctionsEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016On 1...
General principles of insurance contract lawWhat is insurance law?Insurance law can be split into three parts:•insurance contract law which governs...
Carbon markets—price of CarbonCarbon pricing: backgroundCarbon pricing has been the most prominent instrument in efforts to address climate change. At...
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) due diligence questionnaire (DDQ)—share purchaseEnvironment Health and SafetyPlease provide the following:1Copies...
Environment Health and Safety due diligence questionnaire (DDQ)—asset purchaseEnvironment Health & SafetyPlease provide the following:1Copies of all...
Retained EU law—training materials [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.These training materials consist of...
Environmental Information Regulations 2004—log sheet for verbal request for environmental information1. Name of applicant[insert details]2. If the...
Legal due diligence report—private M&A—share purchaseProject [insert project name]Prepared for [Insert addressee name][Insert date of...
Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollutionPrivate nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a...
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiriesCommercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are industry...
Sewers and drains—sewerage undertakers’ core duties and powersA sewerage undertaker is the company appointed by the Secretary of State or Ofwat to be...
BREEAM key requirementsWhat is BREEAM?The Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) is a method for evaluating...
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—snapshotTitleUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Parties168Adopted10...
Contaminated land—meaning of remediationMeaning of remediation'Remediation' is given a relatively wide definition in the Environmental Protection Act...
Control of asbestos—asbestos surveysLegal requirementsThere is a legal presumption that any non-domestic buildings (and the common parts of domestic...
Sustainable procurement—private sectorWhat is sustainable procurement?According to the UN Global Marketplace definition: procurement is sustainable...
Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional environmental enquiriesCommercial Property...
Control of asbestos—duty to manageThe Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) place various duties on employers to protect employees from...
Riparian ownership—rights and responsibilitiesWhat does riparian ownership mean and who does it affect?‘If you own land or property next to a river,...
Highway drains and culvertsFor the purposes of s 100 of the Highways Act 1980, a ‘highway drain’ is defined as including a ditch, gutter, watercourse,...
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entryThe Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have...
Environmental management—environmental management systems (EMS)What is an environmental management system (EMS)?An environmental management system...
Transporting dangerous goodsBrexit11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following...
Waste types and control—asbestos wasteIdentifying asbestos wasteAsbestos exists in a number of forms—the three most common are chrysotile (white),...
Harbour authorities—duties and powersDuties and powersHarbour authoritiesA harbour authority is an independent self-governing body that is responsible...
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)—key features of ECO1 and ECO2 [Archived]Energy Company Obligation (ECO) replaces Carbon Emissions Reduction Target...
The European regulatory system (EU directive 2008/1/EC) that requires member states to take appropriate measures to prevent environmental impacts from emissions and to regulate certain industrial activities. The term is also used within the UK Environmental Permitting regime to refer to regulation of the larger Part A1 installations by the Environment Agency.
Legal test for establishing liability for pollution.
A pollutant linkage which forms the basis for a determination that a piece of land is contaminated for the purposes of Part IIA EPA 1990.