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Lawyers are advising businesses to start preparing for regulatory reforms on deforestation-free supply chains.

Mixing up the words ‘begin’ and ‘commence’ is ‘imprecise’ and cannot be condoned, yet such ‘loose language’ is not enough to create separate time limits for work on the proposed Swansea Bay tidal energy lagoon, the Court of Appeal has held.

The Chancery Lane Project has added 20 new terms to its glossary of legal definitions relating to climate science and the discourse around net zero.

A clampdown on the practice of greenwashing investment products has been proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Can anti-bribery & corruption compliance programmes assist corporates with environmental, social & governance risks? Liam Naidoo & Kevin O’Connor consider the evidence

European nature conservation laws remain enforceable against the Environment Agency, despite the UK having left the EU, the High Court has held in a landmark case

London-based Bishop & Sewell has become the latest law firm to launched an ESG (environmental, social and governance) advisory group to assist the firm and its clients

The in-house legal team at telecoms giant Vodafone UK has pioneered a ‘Greener Litigation’ initiative aimed at encouraging corporate counsel to reduce the environmental impact of litigation

It is important that the courts do not lose the environmental gains made as a result of the pandemic, say Francesca Berry & Karen Hutchinson

Lucy Greenwood & Leonor Díaz-Córdova discuss impactful steps we can all take towards a greener future in arbitration

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Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice

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Costs judge within limits but litigants warned

A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held

Prince Harry's claim falls short

Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)

Making the case for open justice data

Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned

First immigration sentencing guidelines set out

The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK

Legal advice on workplace non-disclosure agreements

Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer

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Environment

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott

DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook

Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney