Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 9 Aug 2023
Severn Trent has dismissed a landmark class action accusing it of overcharging UK customers by discharging sewage into the country’s waterways as “highly speculative” and without merit.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan, United Kingdom | 12 Jun 2023
The legal implications of developing land adjacent to this highly invasive plant may be more extensive than you thought. Japanese knotweed, a…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 6 Oct 2022
Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis it is argued that the UK could bolster food security, combat climate change and lower food prices…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 4 Feb 2021
Land Court of Queensland finds that Estimated Rehabilitation Cost decisions are not required to be calculated strictly in accordance with the ERC…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 23 Dec 2020
The draft revised assessment bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory is open to comment until 29 January 2021…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Oct 2020
Kathleen Stokes was fined after the Environment Agency discovered that a van registered in her name was connected to the illegal disposal of wood-type…
Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 3 Sep 2019
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) has created a rapidly-expanding market for hemp-derived products by legalizing the…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 15 Jul 2019
A recent prosecution by the Environment Agency, where a company was ordered to pay £327,000, has highlighted potentially difficult issues for…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 25 Mar 2019
It is not unusual for tenants of apartments to be directors of the company that owns the freehold of their building. Sometimes tenants choose to…
Herrington Carmichael LLP | United Kingdom | 3 Jan 2019
When purchasing land or entering into a Lease of commercial property, as a buyer you are subject to the legal principle of caveat emptor, which…