Legal News

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).

In future there will be less money for creditors and more money for the official receiver—this outrage is exposed by NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold, in this week’s Civil Way.

For anyone interested in prison reform, John Cooper KC, of 25 Bedford Row, recommends a recently released film, Holloway, directed by Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson.

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

Lawyers have welcomed the Mental Health Bill, which modernises the law regarding detention and compulsory treatment

Conveyancers have been granted a reprieve on the controversial TA6 property information form

MPs will debate the controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill later this month

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

Lawyers have welcomed government guidance for companies preparing for the arrival of failure to prevent fraud

Former MP for Peckham Baroness Harriet Harman and paralegal and non-profit founder Gbemi Akanbi were among the winners of this year’s Inspirational Women in Law Awards run by The Next 100 Years, the successor project to the First 100 Years