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Developer fined £100k for building contractor’s watercourse pollution

On 18 May 2016 housing developer Miller Homes Ltd was fined £100,000 by Leeds Crown Court for its involvement in the pollution of a watercourse near Huddersfield. 
23 May 2016

Packaging Waste Regulation 2016

Defra has announced its intention to consolidate the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 and subsequent updates into revised and consolidated regulations in 2016.
20 May 2016

State aid case alert

The Court of Appeal in R (Sky Blue Sports Leisure Ltd & Ors) v Coventry City Council upheld the judgment that a £14.4m loan by Coventry Council to a subsidiary it jointly owned was not state aid.
19 May 2016

Employment Edit – what's new in employment law

Welcome to Employment Edit: this fortnight's updates cover the immigration bill, enterprise bill, freedom of expression and human rights.
19 May 2016

Blades v Isaac

Blades v Isaac and another [2016] EWHC 601 (Ch) raises interesting questions in relation to legal privilege, rights of beneficiaries to disclosure of information and costs in trust litigation.
17 May 2016

Government resurrects proposed corporate offence of failing to prevent economic crime

The Government has announced proposals for a new corporate offence of failure to prevent economic crime. 
16 May 2016

Confidential information and environmental transparency: is your information safe?

Can competitors use EU environmental information rules to uncover commercially sensitive information about your products?  Possibly, according to CJEU’s Advocate General Kokott.
13 May 2016

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 receives Royal Assent

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 receives Royal Assent
10 May 2016

Telefonica v HMRC: When HMRC has a duty to consult a taxpayer

When HMRC challenged how Telefonica agreed they calculate VAT phone charges, Telefonica appealed and the Tribunal found they had not been given clear assurance so the judicial review appeal failed.
10 May 2016

HMRC v Castledine: A useful guide to statutory interpretation

Claiming Entrepreneur’s Relief on a share disposal with the required 5% company shareholding failed when the Tribunal found they were considered ordinary shares so the taxpayer only owned 4.99%.
10 May 2016

Third parties’ improved rights to claim against insurers

The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (the 2010 Act) will finally come into force from 1 August 2016
10 May 2016

Policyholders gain the right to sue insurers for late payment of claims

The Enterprise Bill has now received Royal Assent and will come into force on 4 May 2017 as the Enterprise Act 2016.
06 May 2016

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