Landowners' liability for occupiers' abandoned waste
United Kingdom - May 25 2018 An unsuccessful appeal by a landowner against a conviction for knowingly permitting an unauthorised waste operation on its land has highlighted the...
A Knotty problem
United Kingdom - May 2 2017 A recent court decision has highlighted the risks to landowners with Japanese Knotweed on their land of allowing it to spread to adjoining land, or...
Get in quick - Reductions in sentencing for early guilty plea
United Kingdom - April 5 2017 The criminal courts have long provided an incentive to defendants, in the form of a substantial reduction in sentence, to plead guilty at an early...
Record £20 million fine for water pollution offences
United Kingdom - April 4 2017 Penalties for environmental offences have been increasing since the introduction of the Sentencing Council's 'Environmental Offences: Definitive...
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme: a legal requirement, not voluntary
United Kingdom - March 28 2017 The government's Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) makes it mandatory for 'large undertakings' in the UK to carry out an energy audit every...
