Environment

Is it possible to own a freehold or leasehold estate in a tree? Mark Pawlowski digs deep

Data is available for the first time on the policing of public processions & assemblies: what does it reveal? Neil Parpworth looks behind the figures

A rise in nuisance claims against water utilities and in silicosis claims are among the insurance predictions for 2025.

Want to help shape the future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) law? Then join the Young ESG Professionals Network (YESGPN), launched this month by Iris Karaman and Kate Chan, both associates at international firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Be on guard against ‘greenwashing’ as tough regulations are now in place. Moreover, the latest guidance available suggests a low threshold for culpability. In this week’s NLJ, Paige Coulter, associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK, with input from Julianne Hughes-Jennett, partner, sets out the risks involved and predicts a rise in litigation under the Companies Act 2006 and other legislation concerning allegations of greenwashing (publishing misleading information about the environmental or sustainability characteristics of a good, service or business).

A charity has been granted permission to bring a judicial review against the government’s decision to award oil exploration licences in the North Sea

Oil giant Shell has won its appeal against a landmark ruling that it must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

Conveyancers are to be offered guidance on dealing with climate risk

‘Downstream’ CO₂ emissions & causation: Dr Douglas Maxwell analyses the judgments of a divided Supreme Court

The Finch ruling on ‘downstream’ emissions in environmental impact assessments is a seminal judgment by the Supreme Court