Oliver Moir

2 months ago | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Peter Wickham |Oliver Moir |Hywel Davies |Samantha Holland

The Court of Session in Scotland (Scotland’s supreme civil court) has quashed decisions by the previous UK Government to grant consent for the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Peter Wickham |Oliver Moir |Hywel Davies |Samantha Holland

The Court of Session in Scotland (Scotland’s supreme civil court) has quashed decisions by the previous UK Government to grant consent for the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

Jan 27, 2025 | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Hywel Davies |Oliver Moir |Alexander Dustan |Aaron Wu

The blog below is an extract from Slaughter and May’s UK Energy and Infrastructure: What’s to come in 2025 publication. For information regarding other sector developments, please click here. North Sea Transition: Balancing energy jobs and Net Zero objectivesThe new Labour government has committed to ensuring a “phased and responsible transition” in the North Sea, the stated aim of which is to balance job protection while recognising oil and gas’s ongoing role in the UK’s energy mix.

Nov 12, 2024 | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Samay Shah |Oliver Moir |Aaron Wu |Philippa Howell

In a world where borders are often seen as barriers, greenhouse gases remain unconfined, drifting across seas and skies, untethered to nations or geographies. The United Kingdom is now primed to erect a new type of border: motivated not by exclusion, but by accountability.

Oct 31, 2024 | sustainability.slaughterandmay.com | Michael Corbett |Hywel Davies |Oliver Moir |Alexander Dustan

On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered the first Budget under a Labour government since 2010, emphasising in her speech that “the only way to drive economic growth is to invest, invest, invest”.