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1 month ago | lexology.com | Sally Mckechnie |Nick Chapman |Tim Bremner |Matt Conway |Mike Wakefield

Pressure groups are increasingly using judicial review and the courts as a vehicle for policy changes. In recent months, the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) have won six cases in relation to the marine, freshwater and biodiversity decision makers.

Jul 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Nina Blomfield |James Caird |Jania Baigent |Alice Poole |Nick Chapman |Emma Strong

In a decision that will be welcomed by litigation funders and class action plaintiffs, the Court of Appeal has ruled that New Zealand courts can make common fund orders at the start of a class action. Read the full decision of the Court of Appeal [here] and our earlier comments on the High Court decision [here]. What is a common fund order?

Jul 8, 2024 | lexology.com | Alice Poole |Nina Blomfield |Jania Baigent |Anita Birkinshaw |Nick Chapman |Mary Holden

On 27 June, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in partnership with the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law published its sixth annual ‘Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2024 Snapshot’ Report. The Report examines the key trends emerging from the 230 climate litigation cases brought globally in the 2023 calendar year.

May 28, 2024 | northantstelegraph.co.uk | Nick Chapman

Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowEarls Barton Village Festival returns for its 14th year on 1st June with 36 local events in the programme over 15 daysEarls Barton Village Festival has now been happening for 14 years and has grown in that time from a week long event to a fortnight because so many village organisations want to take part. We think the festival contains something for everybody.

May 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Sally Mckechnie |Gerald Lanning |Nick Chapman |Louise Felicia Goodwin

Climate change litigation is increasingly a global trend, where individuals or groups seek to use the Court to force change. In the recent case Students for Climate Solutions Incorporated v Minister of Energy and Resources, the Court of Appeal has reinforced that Parliament’s legislative intent reigns supreme. The Court found that the purpose of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 (CMA) on mining is for the economic development of New Zealand.