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On 14 May 2025, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a groundbreaking Convention on the Protection of the Environment...
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We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...
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We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...
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On 20 June 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20. A majority...
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On 3 May 2024, the English High Court found, for a second time, that the process by which the government’s climate change plans were...
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This article was first published on edie.net - see How should companies prepare for the EU’s Green Claims Directive? - edie. Let’s...
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European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland’s failure to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change violates human...
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On 26th February 2024, the Civil Court of Rome dismissed the first Italian climate litigation filed by a group of 24 NGOs and more than...
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MP Graham Stuart (Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) announced on 22 February 2024 that the United Kingdom will leave...
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On 30 November 2023, in a new episode of the climate change litigation saga, the Brussels Court of Appeal released a landmark decision...
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The UK Court of Appeal has now definitively refused to allow ClientEarth to proceed with a proposed derivative action against the...
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The UK High Court has dismissed two judicial review claims brought by environmental NGOs Greenpeace and Uplift in respect of government...
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Due diligence requirements in the field of the environment and human rights are increasing. Businesses need to be more...
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KEY TAKEAWAYS On 6 July 2023, the Paris Judicial Court ruled that the action brought by several NGOs and local authorities against...
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In 2022, the High Court decided that an application for a common law derivative action against the directors of the USS (Universities...
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Two separate UK court judgments in recent days have rejected claims that directors had failed in their duties because of their handling...