Utility companies and their shareholders are not liable for certain environmental liabilities—including site clean-up costs—of their predecessor entities, the House of Lords has ruled.
David Thomas QC, Miles Keeping and Anthony Lavers review the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations
Eco-friendly townies need to ensure their wind turbines have access to an unrestricted air flow, says Jean Howell
More money and extra safeguards are needed to ensure the UK’s housing and regeneration projects reap the benefits that should arise from a new white paper, lawyers say.
Combating climate change is a matter of politics, not a judicial matter for the courts, argues Peter McMaster
Should the UK be taxing aviation fuel, asks Katherine Dunseath and Richard Macrory
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Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC