by Gordon Wignal | Aug 1, 2023 | Blog
The King (Ball) v. Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (Real Motor Sport, Interested Party) CO/1792/2022, Eyre J., 1 August 2023 (full judgment below) The High Court ruled today (1 August 2023) on the controversial question whether it is lawful for a Council to...
by Gordon Wignal | Jul 3, 2023 | Blog
On 29 June the LSE / Grantham Institute published its invaluable annual ‘snapshot’ report on global developments in climate change litigation. The Key messages summary is attached, and the full report will be found at this address:...
by Gordon Wignal | Jun 22, 2023 | Blog
Trying recently to give some advice about an end-of-waste justification as part of a permit application has been just that – trying. Whilst it is widely thought that substantive waste law is tricky, a more serious and practical difficulty is the position of the...
by Gordon Wignal | Jun 15, 2023 | Blog
DEEMED REFUSALS OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT KEY POINTS (UK) What can an operator do if the regulator is dragging its feet on an application for an environmental permit? Perhaps it has no intention at all of granting the application, or perhaps it...
by Gordon Wignal | May 23, 2023 | Blog
7) The relevance of public benefit This is the seventh in a short series of posts which assesses the consequences of the judgment of Leggatt JSC in Fearn v. Tate Gallery Trustees [2023] UKSC 4 [2023] 1 WLR 339. Leggatt JSC’s majority judgment elevated a variety of...