‘Operation Thistle’ concerned a police investigation into the death of Rhys Howell in a bed-sit in Skegness on 19th August last year. Police were called…
Environment analysis: Odette Chalaby of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, considers why the revision of the original October 2021 Net Zero Strategy was needed, the key elements…
In this episode of the Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin QC is joined by Will Rundle, Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth, to outline…
Environmental statements and climate change impact – [1] Dissent in the Court of Appeal In this episode of the Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin QC is…
Environmental judicial review involving HS2 fails at the permission stage (R (Misbourne Environmental Protection Ltd) v Environment Agency) This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL…
This was the legal question posed to the High Court by a large national retailer in March 2020. Consumers might argue that in circumstances where…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is pleased to announce the strengthening of its list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates undertaking regulatory prosecutions in fields that include Health and…
On Friday, a High Court decision ruled on the legality of recent changes to cost-capping in environmental and planning cases. Jenny Wigley considers the main…
Bees Neonicitinoids are a group of active ingredients in plant protection products (pesticides). Their use is limited by a Regulation made by the European Commission….
Earlier this year DEFRA sought views on proposals to enhance the enforcement powers to tackle entrenched non-compliance at waste operation sites. Over 2100 organisations in…
In R (on the Prosecution of the Environment Agency) v Thames Water Utilities Limited [2015] EWCA (Crim) 960, Thames Water appealed against a sentence by…
No5 Barrister, Gordon Wignall, will be speaking at an event that the British Institute of International and Comparative Law are holding on the 8th December 2014, which is…
Raymond Shepherd, who ran Albert Hill Skip Hire in Darlington, has been found guilty of operating a regulated facility without a permit, failing to comply…