marcuscleaver · The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2024] UKSC 22 What sort of responsibility do sewerage undertakers have for foul water discharges? This hot-button topic during the election campaign comes to the Supreme Court as the Justices decide a
marcuscleaver · R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20 An Environmental Impact Assessment is required for certain development projects but just how far and wide should such an inquiry go? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2021] UKSC 36 This week’s episode is about what costs should be paid by a losing side for mere acknowledgement of service. We also discuss how costs should be affected in environmental
marcuscleaver · Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc [2021] UKSC 3 When a number of oil spills in Nigeria caused significant ground and water contamination, the King of the local community pursued a claim against Shell and its local subsidiary. However when the claim was
marcuscleaver · Three Case Special: [2020] UKSC 51, 52 and 53 This week we finish off 2020 by looking at three cases in one episode. The first is about when the courts should allow collective actions by multiple claimants to proceed, the second is about
In the BBC Question Time special last night that feature Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn one of the questions that came up related to the pollution levels in the UK. The environment is not usually a high profile campaign issue but with the recent decision