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December 2020
Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK & EU Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law, procedure and policy.
This month’s edition includes the following:
- Further COVID-19 Restrictions and Guidance on Enforcement Powers and Notices for Local Authorities
- Court of Appeal Determines If a Building Owner Was an “Employer” Under Health and Safety Laws
- Crown Court Orders Record Fine for Destroying Bat Roost
- Southwark Coroner’s Court Concludes Air Pollution was a Material Contribution to Death
- Green number plates were introduced in the UK
- Government publishes initial commercial documents for carbon capture usage and storage
- UK sets new climate target for 2030
- National Audit Office (NAO) issues report on achieving net zero
- Supreme Court reverses decision on Heathrow third runway
- Government Issues Guidance Confirming Changes on Waste Plastic Import and Export Rules
- EU/UK Trade Deal: Environmental and Products Standard Highlights
- Convicted Waste Offender Ordered to Pay £2.1 million in Proceeds of Crime Order
- European Commission Starts Revision of Rules on Food Contact Materials
- European Commission Amends Rules on Imports, Exports and Intra-EU Shipments of Plastic Waste
- European Commission Opens Public Consultation on Industrial Emissions Directive