11/14/2025 4:30:48 PM English High Court rules in claimants’ favour in Brazilian dam liability judgment By Ben Ball On 14 November 2025, Mrs Justice O’Farrell in the High Court of England and Wales handed down judgment (available here) in favour of over...
11/4/2025 2:01:12 PM European Court of Human Rights rules on climate procedural obligations in petroleum gas licensing By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 28 October 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) delivered its judgment in Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway...
10/30/2025 3:54:33 PM France: Paris Judicial Court rules on greenwashing allegations against oil major By Eleonore Hannezo Hélène Georgelin Eléonore Champierre de Villeneuve On 23 October 2025, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris) issued a long-awaited judgment in a greenwashing case brought...
10/7/2025 2:54:43 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - October 2025 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson The October edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our October issue covers key developments on...
10/2/2025 6:08:43 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – October 2025 By Matt Dodd Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...
9/12/2025 8:43:31 AM EU General Court upholds Commission’s classification of nuclear energy and natural gas under the EU Taxonomy By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 10 September 2025, the EU General Court dismissed Austria’s challenge against the inclusion of nuclear energy and natural gas in the...
9/3/2025 10:04:55 AM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - September 2025 By Sara Feijao The September edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our September issue covers key developments...
8/11/2025 1:48:39 PM French Duty of Vigilance Law: Paris Court of Appeal upholds the state-owned postal company’s conviction for breaching its duty of vigilance By Claudia Cavicchioli Key takeaways On 17 June 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal issued its first decision on the merits based on the French Duty of Vigilance...
7/31/2025 10:48:27 AM Italian Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction in landmark ENI climate lawsuit By Elena Andrich Beatrice Porcellato Micol Fossati In a landmark decision, Italy’s Supreme Court confirmed that both ENI S.p.A (“ENI”) and the Italian State - as a shareholder - can be...
7/24/2025 12:22:51 PM Inter-American Court of Human Rights delivers Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the climate emergency By Annamieke Cook Sarah Martin On 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the “Court”) issued its opinion on the obligations of States to respond to the...
7/3/2025 9:09:00 AM Peruvian farmer's defeat against RWE: setback or stepping stone for climate litigation in Germany By Julia Grothaus Markus Appel Mirjam Erb Sebastian Meyn +1 more... Show less A recent judgment from the Higher Regional Court of Hamm has made headlines in Germany and internationally. As briefly reported earlier,...
7/1/2025 3:33:53 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The July edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our July issue covers key developments on the...
6/30/2025 4:26:44 PM Insights from the "Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2025 Snapshot" Report By Claudia Harper Sarah Martin Insights from the "Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2025 Snapshot" Report On 25 June 2025, the Grantham Research Institute on...
6/26/2025 7:30:12 AM EU Council sets fight against environmental crime as key priority for coming years By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps Environmental crime is taking centre stage in the EU’s fight against organised crime, with the 2026-2029 EMPACT cycle prioritising...
5/28/2025 4:46:46 PM Debating climate change liability: legal defeat in Germany for Peruvian farmer in case against RWE By Julia Grothaus Markus Appel Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Sebastian Meyn +2 more... Show less In a landmark ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm today dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer seeking damages from...
5/23/2025 10:06:17 AM Council of Europe adopts first international convention on protection of environment through criminal law By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a groundbreaking Convention on the Protection of the Environment...