ENDS' panel of environmental law experts on the implications of the latest key judgments
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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?
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an environmental permit based on an application containing an error is still lawful if the mistake was not material to the decision
European directives do not prevent national law from excluding vegetable oils as a fuel source for power plants, the Court of Justice of the EU has ruled
Nina Pindham: Two cases this year have indicated that widely adopted advice has contributed to decision-makers unlawfully failing to consider a development’s full environmental impacts
Ned Westaway: A judgment rejecting Thames Water's attempt to lower is pollution penalty makes clear when companies can expect big fines and under what circumstances they can gain full credit for a guilty plea
Simon Tilling: The conviction of Biffa Waste Services Limited for shipping prohibited wastes to China has raised concern among waste exporters. But the ruling may resonate more widely
The Court of Justice of the EU has clarified two issues relating to air quality sampling in a case involving a challenge to the air quality plan for the Brussels region
Compliance with specific noise provisions in a planning permission does not prevent claims for statutory nuisance, according to a recent ruling
A recent challenge to the validity of the government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework found that even important plans do not need to undergo a strategic environmental assessment if they are not specifically required in legislation
A case involving Tate Modern's viewing gallery shows developers cannot rely on the planning process as protection against privacy rights
If decisions affecting health become subject to more intense court scrutiny, many more areas of environmental law could be opened up to challenge
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