frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in Environment Safety and Health Law and Procedure

Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you our new monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law and policy.

This month’s edition includes:

• The UK government’s Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-22, and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention enforcement data for 2016
• The Local Government Association guide for councils on their role on the prevention of modern slavery
• The Health and Safety Executive is beginning a programme of unannounced inspections
• Recent prosecutions and fines
• The Home Affairs Select Committee response to the Sentencing Council manslaughter consultation
• Successful appeal against fine for a health and safety conviction on the grounds of misapplication of Sentencing Guidelines
• A corporate manslaughter case dealing with fines for micro companies
• Select Committee hearing evidence on the likely gap in provisions to monitor and control food safety after Brexit
• EU representatives reached a provisional agreement on the Circular Economy Package
• EU Commission has adopted a Plastics Strategy
• EU Emissions Trading Scheme Brexit safeguard measures
• The Chinese import ban on recyclates
• UK government’s 25 year environment plan
• UK implementation of the Medium Combustion Plants Directive, and introduction of emission limits for generators
• The European Chemicals Agency has announced seven further chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and an update to the entry for Bisphenol-A
• Recent legal actions relating to fracking
• The Environment Agency consultation on a revised Enforcement and Sanctions policy
• The UK microbeads ban
• The “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups
• The UK government’s Water Abstraction Plan 2017