Oil-drilling expansion challenge to go uncontested – BBC News
‘A legal challenge against the expansion of an oil-drilling site in North Lincolnshire is to be uncontested.’
BBC News, 24th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: energy
Hoffman: What more could we have done in Nigeria fraud case? – Legal Futures
‘The former law lord who presided over the arbitration whose $11bn award was later found to have been obtained by fraud has said there was nothing the panel could have done differently.’
Legal Futures, 13th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
The (Shifting) Audience of Energy Law – King’s Law Journal
‘Energy is key to our climate goals, our economy and our everyday lives: from the electricity that is now powering your laptop, the stove that cooks your food, to the energy used by the factory that has produced your shoes. Energy prices in the UK rose dramatically between 2021 and 2023, increasing the strain on household-level and public costs.’
King's Law Journal, 28th July 2024
Source: www.tandfonline.com
Just Stop Oil protesters jailed after M25 blocked – BBC News
‘Five environmental activists who organised protests that brought part of the M25 to a standstill over four days have been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EPC regulation – reform affecting commercial premises – Local Government Lawyer
‘Sarah Wertheim and Francesca Gallagher examine the impact of recent and upcoming changes in EPC legislation on commercial landlords.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government hit with judicial review after excluding onshore wind from energy policy – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has granted the Good Law Project permission to challenge the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s decision to exclude onshore wind from its policy on energy infrastructure.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Planning, Environment and Property Newsletter – Summer 2024 Edition – 39 Essex Chambers
‘Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the 39 Essex Chambers’ Planning, Environment and Property newsletter. With the general election campaign underway and focusing more on national service than national planning policy frameworks, Paul Stinchcombe KC topically kicks off this edition by considering the grant of planning permission for 721 dwellings in Green Belt land and whether politics really plays that much part in the process.’
39 Essex Chambers, 10th June 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
Tangled Webs of Trust: A Study of Public Trust in Risk Regulation – Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
‘This article provides an empirically grounded understanding of public trust in the context of risk regulation, specifically through a case study of shale gas exploration and fracking. It offers insight into the factors underpinning public trust and explores the empirical reality of the socially embedded and relational nature of trust. The article engages with the often-neglected dynamics of trust and how relationships between different levels of trust (eg institutional, interpersonal, wider system) operate. It shows how trust, far from complying with many existing linear conceptualisations, is complex and messy, involving a web of ongoing and interactive relationships within and between these levels. By mapping empirical data against our theoretical understandings, this article offers an alternative insight into the trust relationship, better positioning us to understand trust as an ongoing process, rather than an end product.’
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 11th March 2024
Source: academic.oup.com
Number of households seeking help over energy debt legal action doubles – The Guardian
‘The number of households seeking help to deal with court action over their unpaid energy bills has doubled in the last year, according to Citizens Advice.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ruling sheds light on energy supplier and broker liability for ‘secret’ commissions – OUT-LAW.com
‘A new ruling has confirmed that there are only limited circumstances in which British energy suppliers could be held liable for any failings by a broker to meet duties it owes customers pertaining to commission arrangements, experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com. 3rd April 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Shedding light on solar farm capacity – Local Government Lawyer
‘Michele Vas analyses the recent Galloway v Durham County Council case which was principally concerned with the issue of whether the planning permission approved a solar farm with a capacity of 50MW or more.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Solar Farm planning permission quashed on efficiency and land take – 39 Essex Chambers
‘The High Court has quashed the planning permission and a non-material amendment, for a solar farm at Burnhope, County Durham.’
39 Essex Chambers, 26th February 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
The Court of Appeal has held that if the Government’s interpretation of the Paris Agreement is “tenable” the courts will not interfere – Six Pump Court
‘The case concerned the UK Government’s approval of UK Export Finance’s (“UKEF”) $1.15 billion investment in a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique. UKEF is the Government’s export credit agency and its aim is to ensure that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance from the private sector.’
Six Pump Court, 16th January 2024
Source: 6pumpcourt.co.uk
EDF wind farm forced to pay £5.5m back to customers after overcharging grid – The Independent
‘A wind farm owned by EDF has been forced to pay £5.5 million into a fund designed to help vulnerable customers. The news comes after regulator Ofgem found that it had overcharged the grid.’
The Independent, 4th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies – The Guardian
‘The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Legal action launched against ‘rip-off’ secret commissions on UK firms’ energy bills – The Guardian
‘Businesses across the UK have been forced to pay an extra 10% on average for their gas and electricity because suppliers routinely add third-party broker commissions to their bills, according to a leading litigation law firm.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Onshore wind policy in England subject to legal challenge – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government’s decision to omit onshore wind projects from the types of energy infrastructure projects that can generally be considered as ‘nationally significant infrastructure projects’ (NSIPs) under planning policy applicable in England is subject to a new legal challenge.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Gas drilling at site in Jeremy Hunt’s Surrey constituency given green light – The Guardian
‘Gas drilling at a site in the Surrey Hills can go ahead after the court of appeal ruled that no further attempts to stop the project could be brought to court.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sizewell C nuclear plant project upheld by Court of Appeal – BBC News
‘Government approval of the planned Sizewell C nuclear plant was lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 20th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ruling indicates Upper Tribunal’s “narrow approach” towards windfarm capital allowances – OUT-LAW.com
‘A ruling by the UK’s Upper Tribunal (UT) disallowing certain types of expenditure relating to windfarm projects from qualifying for plant and machinery tax allowances has indicated the tribunal’s “strict and narrow” interpretation of the provisions for qualifying expenditure.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th December 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
