ENDS' panel of environmental law experts on the implications of the latest key judgments
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Another ‘is it waste?’ judgment from the European Court of Justice demonstrates the ongoing challenges for operators and regulators in interpreting EU waste law, and again highlights the inherent tension between protecting the environment and allowing materials back into the ‘circular economy'... Read more
Angus Evers: A recent ruling finding that the avoided cost of removing illegally stored waste can be subject to proceeds of crime laws has implications for landowners with tenants running a waste business
Crofting land in Scotland cannot be used for community wind farm development if it harms the landowner’s interests, a court has upheld on appeal
Nina Pindham: A recent case in the Irish Supreme Court could have implications for how the UK government may be held to account for meeting its carbon budgets
A recent High Court ruling clarifies the role of interested parties, but also throws up new challenges to the convention’s aim of ensuring access to environmental justice
The interaction between environmental permitting and registered exemptions can often be confusing, especially for those new to environmental law and regulation
The High Court has found the Environment Agency liable for causing a nuisance, even though it was exercising its statutory powers.
An individual found guilty of criminal action under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for removing trees at a protected site also failed to claim against his solicitors in a subsequent civil action
The Court of Appeal’s recent, unanimous, ruling that the government’s decision to expand Heathrow airport was unlawful has wide implications for all decision-makers across both the public and private sectors
Two recent decisions by the information commissioner suggest that when it comes to requests under the Environmental Information Regulations, many private companies performing public services may also fall under disclosure obligations
The first environmental law case decision of the new decade concerns a question that has been troubling the environmental sector for past five decades: when is something a waste?
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