Environmental law update

Payne, Simon

Environmental law update - 2005 - Solicitors' Journal 37(149) 30 September 2005, 1143-1145(3) .

Comments on recent developments in environmental law, including the decision on contaminated land in "Circular Facilities (London) Ltd v Sevenoaks District Council" ([2005] EWHC 865 Admin, L130074), the application of the Landfill Directive 1999 and Groundwater Directive 1980 as considered in "R(Lewis) v Environment Agency" ([2005] EWHC 1110 Admin), and the relationship between planning and pollution control ("R(Kent) v First Secretary of State, Cheshire CC and Minosus" ([2004] EWHC 2953 Admin). It also outlines the major provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.


CIRCULAR FACILITIES (LONDON) LTD V SEVENOAKS DC
R V ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY AND ANOTHER EX P LEWIS
R V FIRST SOS AND OTHERS EX P KENT
CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 2005
DIRECTIVE 99/31/EC
DIRECTIVE 80/68/EEC