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September 20, 2019

HS2 preparatory works 'threaten destruction of irreplaceable wildlife habitat'

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham has threatened legal action against the Government over plans to destroy ancient woodlands from October onwards in preparation for the HS2 railway.
August 8, 2019

Government faces third legal challenge to Universal Credit migration arrangements

Solicitor says that despite losing two legal challenges, Amber Rudd is still seeking to short-change severely disabled people who have lost out on Universal Credit through no fault of their own.
July 29, 2019

EU Commission announces environmental legal action

The European Commission has announced its decision to pursue legal actions against a host of EU countries for failing to comply with their environmental obligations under EU law.
May 13, 2019

Human rights and climate change: world-first case to protect indigenous Australians

ClientEarth is acting on behalf of a group of indigenous Australians from the Torres Strait region in a groundbreaking climate change case.
October 9, 2018

Shell pension fund member warns of legal action over climate-related risk

A member of Shell’s pension fund is ready to take it to the Pensions Ombudsman for maladministration – unless it can prove it is managing its climate-related risk.
October 7, 2018

ACLU sues San Francisco police for racially discriminatory practices

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the law firm Durie Tangri LLP, have filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco for its police department’s racially discriminatory enforcement practices.
September 7, 2018

Government faces legal challenge over torture authorisations

The Government is facing a legal challenge from the human right organisation Reprieve over its use of a secretive law that can be deployed to authorise the involvement of British intelligence officers in torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
September 5, 2018

Friends of the Earth launches legal challenge to new planning rules

Friends of the Earth wants the government to undertake a strategic environmental assessment on the new National Planning Policy Framework.
August 14, 2018

Top UK pension funds put on notice over climate risk

Pension schemes are at risk of litigation if trustees fail to develop their approach to climate risk in line with improving data and market practices, lawyers have warned some of the UK’s largest pension funds.
August 8, 2018

Virgin has secured NHS funding that could have been spent on patients, says BMA

BMA says introduction of a competitive procurement framework has been, and will continue to be, detrimental to the health service.