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Sam Levy
Insights
Mar 14, 2025

Planning and Infrastructure Bill – The Next Step on the Road to Planning Reform

The much trailed Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced to Parliament on 11 March covers wide ranging changes to the conventional planning process, CPO, development corporations and…
Insights
Aug 14, 2024

UK restrictions on PFAS in a quickly evolving international context

The UK position on PFAS is developing post-Brexit via UK REACH and a regulatory management options analysis. The EU position on PFAS is developing via EU REACH (with several significant restriction…
Insights
Oct 02, 2023

The long term implications of PFAS for real estate in the UK

Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are widely present in soil and groundwater, and the negative human health consequences of this are starting to be understood. There are important…
Insights
Feb 09, 2023

EU broad PFAS restriction proposal published – A complex and significant process begins

PFAS has been on European regulatory radars for some time, but 2023 looks to be a significant year for the EU’s broad PFAS restriction proposal. In January, five EU member states submitted the…
Insights
Nov 29, 2021

The Environment Act 2021: a practical look at the new biodiversity requirement

One of the more ambitious provisions of the new Environment Act 2021 is the mandatory requirement for new developments to provide a 10% biodiversity net gain.  Whilst this requirement has no legal…
Insights
Nov 04, 2021

Staying Alive: Extending the Life of a DCO

The regime for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) allows for Development Consent Orders (DCOs) to be granted for a set period of time (often 5 years), but only recently has it…
Insights
Sep 16, 2021

UK Energy National Policy Statement Review: Overview of consultation drafts

The Government’s recently launched consultation into revisions to the Energy NPSs is an important consultation for the energy industry because the revised NPSs will replace those first designated in…
Insights
Feb 25, 2021

Carbon pricing in the UK/Europe: ETS and CORSIA developments

Operators in the aviation sector and the ‘stationary sectors’ (power generation, energy intensive industries, etc.) should note that the environmental regulatory framework for carbon pricing and…
Webinars
Feb 10, 2021

Brexit and Environmental Law

On 4 February 2021, we hosted a webinar to discuss Brexit’s impact on environmental law. Please see below for a short summary of the topics covered and a link providing access to the recording/slides…
Insights
Dec 21, 2020

I’m dreaming of a White Paper…

An early Christmas present in the form of the Government’s long awaited Energy White Paper “Powering our Net Zero Future” was finally gifted to us last week. We have digested the White Paper with our…
Insights
Dec 03, 2020

European Chemicals Agency SCIP Database is launched and ready for use

At the end of October, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched the SCIP database.  When populated, the database will ensure that information on articles in the EU that contain substances of very…
Insights
May 13, 2020

The insurance response to environmental enforcement undertakings

In recent years, there has been a fundamental change in the way that breaches of environmental law in England and Wales are dealt with – the number of prosecutions is decreasing, the quantum of fines…
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