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Are private law climate change cases coming to the UK: the 2023 Grantham snapshot report?

Are private law climate change cases coming to the UK: the 2023 Grantham snapshot report?

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:...
END-OF-WASTE AND REGULATORS’ CONFUSION (England and Wales)

END-OF-WASTE AND REGULATORS’ CONFUSION (England and Wales)

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...
WHAT CAN BE DONE IF THE REGULATOR DELAYS A PERMIT APPLICATION?

WHAT CAN BE DONE IF THE REGULATOR DELAYS A PERMIT APPLICATION?

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...
Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (7) Public benefit

Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (7) Public benefit

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...
Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (6) Hypersensitivity

Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (6) Hypersensitivity

by Gordon Wignal | May 23, 2023 | Blog

6) Hypersensitivity and sensitivity This is the sixth 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...
Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (5) Reasonable user, reciprocity and the use of “best practicable means”

Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (5) Reasonable user, reciprocity and the use of “best practicable means”

by Gordon Wignal | May 23, 2023 | Blog

5) Reasonable user, reciprocity and “best practicable means” This is the fifth in a short series of posts considering the consequences of the judgment of Leggatt JSC in Fearn v. Tate Gallery Trustees [2023] UKSC 4 [2023] 1 WLR 339. Leggatt JSC’s judgment has caused...
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  • Can an abatement notice be varied by a local authority?
  • Are private law climate change cases coming to the UK: the 2023 Grantham snapshot report?
  • END-OF-WASTE AND REGULATORS’ CONFUSION (England and Wales)
  • WHAT CAN BE DONE IF THE REGULATOR DELAYS A PERMIT APPLICATION?
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (7) Public benefit
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (6) Hypersensitivity
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (5) Reasonable user, reciprocity and the use of “best practicable means”
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (4) ‘Coming to’ a nuisance
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (3) What constitutes an actionable nuisance (scope)?
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (2) Is a “Substantial” Interference an Objective, or Subjective, Standard?
  • UK CARBON STORAGE LICENCES UPDATE
  • Principles of Private Nuisance as set out in Fearn: (1) What is a “Substantial” interference?
  • Nuisance law and a diverging of judgments
  • The Tate Gallery viewing platform judgment (Fearn): a new judicial approach
  • Judicial review or statutory appeal: how accommodating is the alternative remedy?

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