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NLJ this week: Reshaping climate justice

21 June 2024
Issue: 8076 / Categories: Legal News , Environment , Climate change litigation , EU , Human rights
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The KlimaSeniorinnen case is a landmark judgment in terms of climate litigation by the European Court of Human Rights

In this week’s NLJ, David Lawne, partner, Luke Grimes, senior associate, and Ginevra Bicciolo, associate, Hausfeld, write that the case ‘firmly establishes the principle that inaction by states on climate change may constitute a breach of human rights’.

Lawne, Grimes and Bicciolo take an in-depth look at the case and why it succeeded. They assess its implications for future litigation, both in the UK and in Convention contracting states abroad.

The authors note it sets a high bar for individual applicants and a low bar for associations seeking to bring climate change cases. They write: ‘In doing so it recognised that associations play a crucial role in representing those most affected by climate change, such as future generations who cannot speak for themselves.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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