9/9/2024 3:25:48 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – September 2024 By Benja Arnott Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
4/26/2024 11:41:43 AM Belgium’s dynamic space industry: recent policy and legal developments By Xavier Taton Lucy Stewardson As the space sector rapidly expands and evolves, policymakers are working to support and shape its development. Belgium, home to a wide...
3/13/2024 3:36:38 PM Belgian farmer and activist NGOs start climate litigation case against oil and gas major in Belgium By Guillaume Croisant Bruno Garcia Da Silva A Belgian farmer, supported by three NGOs, announced today (13 March 2024) his intention to sue an oil and gas major before the Belgian...
12/4/2023 6:10:00 PM Brussels Court of Appeal condemns the Belgian State and two of the country’s Regions for climate inaction By Bruno Garcia Da Silva Guillaume Croisant On 30 November 2023, in a new episode of the climate change litigation saga, the Brussels Court of Appeal released a landmark decision...
6/1/2023 9:49:19 PM European Parliament agrees negotiating position on CSDDD - let the trilogues commence By Sara Feijao The vote today and next steps The European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on the Commission’s proposal for a Corporate...
6/18/2021 4:16:49 PM Belgian federal and regional governments condemned by the Brussels Court of First Instance for negligent climate policy By Charlotte Peiffer Xavier Taton Lieve Swartenbroux Guillaume Croisant +1 more... Show less In April 2015, the NGO Climate Case (the “NGO”) lodged a lawsuit against the Belgian federal government as well as the governments of the...
2/16/2021 12:00:00 AM France held responsible for failing to take sufficient action to fight climate change By Charlotte Peiffer Jean-Charles Jaïs David Thomas Rebecca James Xavier Taton +2 more... Show less On 3 February 2021, the Administrative Court of Paris ruled in what has been called the “case of the century” (L’Affaire du siècle) and...