The European Commission has issued its inaugural progress report on the EU CO₂ injection capacity target set under Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)......
A framework document outlining governance, accountability, and operational arrangements for the OEP has been issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), and the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP)......
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a position statement that sets out its approach to using nature-based solutions (NbS) to support sustainable water resources in England, and addressed to stakeholders including water companies, regional water resources groups, NGOs, local authorities, farmers and landowners......
Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), in partnership with Council for Sustainable Business, the Green Finance Institute (GFI), the Aldersgate Group, and the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), released three board-level resources......
International environmental law encompasses the substantive norms of international law and the procedural frameworks devised to safeguard the natural world. Legal instruments have been concluded at both regional and global scales.
The earliest bilateral and multilateral accords on environmental matters emerged in the nineteenth century, concentrating on fisheries protection and the conservation of flora and fauna. The first international environmental arbitration likewise addressed conservation: the Fur Seal Arbitration (1893), a dispute between the United States and Great Britain concerning Great Britain’s alleged over-exploitation of fur seals beyond its jurisdiction.
Trail Smelter (United States v Canada) (1938), recorded in the United Nations Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol III (1905–82), became the emblematic transboundary pollution dispute. It involved sulphur dioxide emissions from a smelter at Trail, British Columbia, said to be damaging forests and crops across the border in Washington. The ruling articulated the principle that states must prevent transboundary harm.
The creation of the United Nations and specialist agencies with elements of an environmental mandate also spurred the early growth of international environmental law, for example:
When evaluating a general damages claim, the practitioner ought initially to refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG)...
This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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