Jamie Cartwright
Charles Russell Speechlys
Articles
Health on the shelf - Unexpected backtrack on junk food promotions
United Kingdom - June 13 2022 On Saturday 14 May, the UK Government announced a significant delay to its obesity strategy. The roll-out of a substantial part of the Food…
Weighing up the Plastic Packaging Tax
United Kingdom - April 7 2022 The Plastic Packaging Tax is a new tax applicable to plastic packaging components. The charge for the tax, at a rate of £200 per tonne, arises when…
Crunching numbers - Mandatory calorie laws come into force
United Kingdom - April 6 2022 The Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) are now in force. Qualifying businesses will now be required…
The Environment Agency - the power to act but without sufficient resources to do so effectively?
United Kingdom - March 7 2022 Hot off the heels of the Environment Act 2021, which came into force in November 2021, the UK Government unveiled its plans to crack down on waste…
Energy crisis sparks questions of liability where hedged prices are not necessarily so.
United Kingdom - November 1 2021 At the end of September, it was reported that Ofgem has sought detailed financial information from every energy supplier in the UK “amid fears of a…
