Environment

Central government should set out what it needs from local government on climate change, a public lawyer has urged after the IPCC issued a dire warning

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’s decision to allow a tunnel under Stonehenge has been ruled unlawful and quashed

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has issued an update on the Environment Bill, which returned to Parliament on 26 May 2021 for Report Stage and Third Reading. 

DAC Beachcroft has become the first law firm member of ClimateWise, a global insurance industry collaboration committed to reducing the impact of climate change on society. 

Environmental lawyer, Tim Crosland, has been given a £5,000 fine by the Supreme Court after it was alleged by the Attorney General, Michael Ellis QC, that Crosland disclosed a confidential Supreme Court decision to the news wire Press Association, in breach of an embargo, prior to the judgment being handed down.

Environmental protesters have lost their legal case to protect rare barbastelle bats roosting in the path of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link.

A pro bono initiative to promote clauses in legal contracts that will help deliver action on climate change has been launched by Thomson Reuters Legal. 

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing on the issues and bills are likely to be mentioned in the Queen’s Speech on 11 May 2021. 

The government has announced that it is to legally bind the UK to reducing emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. 

ClientEarth has released a statement explaining its decision to launch a landmark legal challenge against the Belgian National Bank for not fulfilling human rights and environmental requirements when purchasing corporate assets.