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Can Tweeters feather their own nest?; Seeing clearly through the Cloud; Boxing it all up; Fixture lists nil – databases one; When is a fake not a fake?;
Right to an odour-free home?; Striking a balance; Natural England empowered to use civil sanctions; Sustainable consumption and production; Environmental tax reform in Europe – just around the corner?
Planning ahead – key dates for 2012; Demolition – clearing up the chaos; Promoting a CPO – the need to get all your ducks in a row…; Laying the foundations – a new housing strategy for England; New Year, new law?; Impact of CIL on negotiating Section 106 agreements.
Taking an interest – securing cover; Crumb of comfort; Taking delivery – doing the deed; Setting a precedent – the pitfalls of reliance on templates; Green shoots – the Green Investment Bank; Bad for banking – the Bribery Act 2010; Recent transactions.
Looking ahead: What’s new for employment law in 2012; Doctor’s compensation; LinkedIn leaves one executive out in the cold; TUPE – latest development; Giving references; No right to legal representation at disciplinary hearing; Spotlight on dispute resolution.
The birds and the bears; European Court maintains a tight rein on waste exports; Environmental assessment – Environment Agency or planners?; The National Infrastructure Plan 2011; Welsh Draft Waste Plan for construction and demolition sector; Defra hazardous waste management guidance.
Employment Law reforms announced; Spotlight on: young workers; Vicar takes on the Church; Employers to be given power over skills training; Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow; Christmas time – too much mistletoe and wine?; Flexible Training Opportunities.
Two "Buddies" fail to reach agreement; Catching up with digital broadcasts; Bubbles burst in Bucks Fizz; What is the function of a trade mark?; ISPs beware of the cost of court orders.
All under control: HSE ends consultation on changes to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006; Contractual confusion: Court of Appeal considers action for rectification; Tighter rules on EPC’s as new energy performance regulations are published; New regime for the late filing of CIS monthly returns comes into force; Public procurement gets a makeover; Crown Court hears first prosecution under Bribery Act 2010.
The Banding Review – the winners and the losers; FiT for purpose?; Feeling the heat?; The Energy Act 2011 – full steam ahead?; Compulsory acquisition – what statutory powers are available to energy and renewable developers?; Waves of uncertainty.
Scotland’s Zero Waste future; Ł500,000 investment in Scotland’s Zero Waste future; Transfrontier shipment – a “cradle to grave” approach; End of waste for pulverised fuel ash and furnace bottom ash; Defra attempts to secure improved recycling and waste management services for local businesses; New CSR Policy for Europe.
Leaky documents; A question of caste; First conviction under the Bribery Act; Tévezgate; Carry on carrying over holidays?; Public sector equality duties; Remember, remember – discipline, grievances and poor performance; Your questions answered.
Green day for leases?; English lease sub-guarantees: now given the seal of approval; Interested in enforcing title conditions? – new Scottish Court decision gives useful guidance; RICS publishes new edition of Service Charge Code; Mixed use developments – a warning to landlords; Lights on, nobody home? Minimising the risk of vacant property.
Shall we agree to disagree?; Concealment breaches and the Localism Bill; Screening out EIA legal challenges; A new presumption in favour of sustainable development – what will it mean for you?; New permitted development rights for microgeneration equipment; Everybody needs good neighbours.
Changes to charges; Qualifying floating charges; Equitable security; A cautionary tale for directors...; Recent transactions.
The road to resource efficiency in Europe; Monitoring and reporting rules set for new ETS sectors; Another step towards a framework for carbon capture and storage; Have your say on a new UK Bioenergy Strategy; Energy performance of buildings in the spotlight.
Removal of administrators; SIP 16 reforms put on hold; Naming and shaming…; Paymex – Scottish guidance sought; CVA successes?.
Government ditches Display Energy Certificates in commercial buildings; Supreme Court confirms that a clause requiring an arbitrator to be of a particular religion is not subject to anti-discrimination legislation; Court discourages use of “without prejudice” material in adjudication proceedings; All workers are equal, but some are more equal than others?; CIMCIG report urges businesses to take sustainability to the consumer; Breaking barriers in infrastructure supply chains.
Corporate Social Responsibility: what’s all the fuss about?; Corporate Social Responsibility news; Q&As with Andrew Marshall-Roberts; Employment Law news round-up; Your questions answered; Investors in People News.
Revised corporate environmental reporting; Investment in “green innovation”; Regulation and competition in the organic waste and water industries – changes in the pipeline?; UK has to up its game on landfill diversion of biodegradable municipal waste; Increasing investment in waste infrastructure.
Spending Review and Draft Budget focus on accelerating Scotland’s sustainable economic growth; Renewables in agriculture – a bright future ahead for Scottish farmers looking to invest; Electricity market reform – the emerging structure; Audit Scotland call for further improvement to the modernised planning system in Scotland; Ofgem pays damages to renewables generator.
CCAs – oh so simple?; Inland Waterways Advisory Council…should it stay or should it go? Red tape challenge for environmental regulations; A modern Environmental Permitting regime; Low Carbon Building Programme – a success?.
Agency Workers Regulations; Performance appraisals; Olympic absences; Effective date of termination; Economic growth; Salary sacrifice schemes – increase in VAT costs from 1 January 2012; Q&A with David Craigie; Want to save some money? Wellbeing perks can help!; NHS Leeds v Larner; Jones v Jewson Ltd; Get your five-a-day; Your questions answered
The Great Divide?; Feeling the heat; Municipal Waste and Climate Change; Progress for the European Commission's raw materials strategy; Increased financial responsibility for drinks packaging producers?
Biofuels – indirect effects; EA issues its first civil sanction; EU ETS benchmarks set in steel?; National Strategy for flood and water management; DECC announces informal consultation on EU draft Energy Efficiency Directive.
Increase in generic top-level domain names; SMEs missing out on tax relief; First file sharing conviction; Court orders BT to block access to a website providing links to pirated movies; Difficulties with co-existence agreements.
Are lease incentives always good?; Update on the Community Infrastructure Levy; Fixing the fixtures: HMRC consult on proposed changes to capital allowances for fixtures; Exclusivity provisions in leases – a warning; Caring and sharing – stimulating residential development; Making land work? Law Commission proposes reforms of land rights in England and Wales.
Getting women on board; Supreme Court employment status; ECJ causing confusion around retirement; A “windbag” of a case; TUPE not needed this time; Employers may be liable for third party harassment.
New position statement on use of recovered fuel oil; Planning ahead for hazardous waste; Defra agrees Responsibility Deal with the waste sector; EU to back attempt to break stalemate over Basel Convention; EC consultation on stricter ship waste disposal rules; EU methods for calculating waste recycling rates.
The impact of Minmar; Appointment challenge – another cautionary tale; Service of sequestration petitions – it’s personal; SIP 16 becoming law?; AiB obtains significant Bankruptcy Restriction Order at Sheriff Court; Director or not – you could still be liable….
Out with the old, in with the new; Green light for low carbon construction; Contribution claims: a slippery slope for construction professionals?; Time to get CSR-ious about health and safety; Too much paper pushing?.
New legislation on environmental impact assessment comes into force; Update on the Community Infrastructure Levy; Meanwhile CIL is rejected by key stakeholders for planning system in Scotland; Blade swish case – wider implications for the development community; CALA legal challenge on regional strategy; Pressing need for waste management facilities.
Caring and sharing – stimulating residential development; Assignment of loans – is it a banker?; Counting the cost – certainty on enforcement; Moveable security – time for change?; Performance bonds – a cast-iron guarantee?; Protecting your assets – fencing off.
Defra’s Natural Environment White Paper; CRC Scheme changes…simples!; Report indicates WFD can cause hydropower loss; Waste…or not waste…?; Government publishes Action Plan for microgeneration.
Closer to a strategy for AD?; What is all the noise about?; Capital Allowances – HMRC consultation on FITs and the RHI; Renewable development v environmental value; CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme streamlined.
Defra reveals results of waste policy review; Stopgap Position Statement on end of waste fuels; Waste clay gets a break for slurry lagoons and irrigation reservoirs; Defra publishes guidance on applying the EU waste hierarchy; Kicking up a stink; EU block on nuclear waste exports to third countries.
Thank you and goodbye? Not quite yet; To tweet or not to tweet; The sky is not the limit when it comes to inappropriate comments at work; Agricultural wage rates; Private rise; If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate; Some cautious words about payments during redundancy.
To disclose or not to disclose?; Energy efficiency; Biodiversity: priceless; NEC compliance – necessary to build new plants?; EA Consultation on hazardous substances; ECJ ruling boosts NGOs’ access to justice.
Pressing need for waste management facilities; EU publishes end of waste recommendations for paper and copper; Mercury rising; Spare tyre?; ‘Green’ money available from April 2012.
Consultation on modern workplaces; Corporate manslaughter conviction upheld; Judicial review of a public sector employer; Making a date with retirement; Landmark compensation ruling.
Successful challenge to validity of Administrators’ appointment; TUPE – the sequel; SIP 16 review; Satisfaction (not) guaranteed; Remuneration and the Court’s discretion.
Don’t let the sun set on commercial solar PV; Construction’s Got Tolent – Court of Session upholds controversial adjudication clause; What happened to my immunity?; The value of mediation; Report it, don’t ignore it.
Contaminated land regime – raising the bar?; EIC launch “green policy” manifesto; EU Emissions Trading Scheme update; Prior informed consent; Water-related liability and investment risks in the spotlight.
Planning Scotland's renewable future; Ban on commercial wind farm development can be justified by Habitats and Birds Directives; Climate change duties of Planning Authorities; Future skills shortage in the energy sector; Wind farm development – use of photomontages; The marine planning regime in Scotland moves a key step forward.
Is the open market rent review becoming a relic of the past?; Affordable housing – how much is enough?; Franchise agreements and lease renewal; Works in the water environment – what do landowners need to know? Bribery Act 2010 comes into force on 1 July 2011.
Pensions – are you ready for NEST?; It doesn’t pay to be an intern; Changes to unfair dismissal; Government Agency worker guidance issued; Inflating redundancy score led to sex discrimination; Minimum wage increases.
EA guidance on financial provisions for landfill sites; European Commission proposes carbon tax for non-ETS sectors; Nuisance issues clarified in case involving landfilling operations; COMAH rules clarified by ECJ; Views sought on accounting for renewable transport.
New rules for online advertisers; Missed opportunities for small businesses; Google Ad Words not so sweet smelling; Cookies might crumble; Digital Economy Act – full steam ahead?; The apps of science.
Court of Appeal brings demolition back under planning control; Planning Scotland's future – what are the main planning and land use policies of the Scottish Political Parties?; Honesty is the best policy – concealment of planning breaches; Climate Change Duties and their impact on Planning Authorities in Scotland; Affordable housing – how much is enough?; Village green registration – latest position on protecting your land.
Offshore regimes tightened and extended; Waste not want not; Open cast case not so open and closed; Water Environment (Controlled Activities) Scotland Regulations 2011; Civil sanctions – here today, gone tomorrow?
Default interest – a proportional response?; Perfecting pledges – the last word on Enviroco…?; Equity injection on default – a cure for all ills?; Personal Guarantees – Etridge revisited; Good digestion – funding renewable energy.
Budget 2011 – what's in it for the waste industry?; A clear “End of Waste” position for aggregates and waste wood?; COMAH – lessons from Buncefield; Consolidated and updated Waste Management Licensing Regulations enter into force; Draft Carbon Plan intended to keep tabs on progress.
April – showering us with changes; TUPE and insolvency - key case law developments; Government confirms the Bribery Act 2010 will come into force on 1 July 2011; Foxes, beliefs and discrimination; Public Sector Equality Duty and its impact on private sector tenders.
JJB enters second CVA; Does TUPE apply in an administration?; Further hypothec headaches; Joint appointments and the departing IP; Personal insolvency – a review of recent cases; Tayplan Limited (in administration) v Smith – Administrator challenges directors on breach of fiduciary duties.
Let the Consultation begin; Feeling hot, hot, hot: Renewable Heat Incentive policy is published; BRE all you can be: BREEAM is updated; The great cover up; Carbon cohesion: the Government’s new Carbon Plan; Preventing catastrophic events in construction; Cutting edge health and safety: a framework for the new energy economy.
Early auctioning of EUAs proposed; Access to justice rules clarified; Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes call for evidence on the Green Deal; Future-proof?; EIA Directive requirements clarified.
Renewable Heat Incentive announcement injects some certainty into a market in transition; A new transparent and formulised approach to community benefit payments; A new consenting planning regime for hydro development in Scotland; Collaborative practices; Grid injection of biomethane ready to take off? Anaerobic digestion (AD) projects: making them bankable.
Default retirement age problems – blink and you’ve missed it!; Visa restrictions; The train(ing)’s delayed; Sick note culture; Apprenticeship – you’re hired (Scotland); Lessons to be learned from Buncefield; Flying high.
End of waste for scrap metal; OFT organic waste market study; New markets sought for digestate from AD; Fines hiked up for environmental offences; WEEE Directive set to be expanded.
Employee inventions; Let me introduce you; First draft statutory instrument under the Digital Economy Act; What’s in a name Dave?; Widening the net; Up in the clouds.
Climate change action – Scottish Government puts some meat on the bones for public bodies; SEPA’s Energy Position Statement clarifies the scope of its energy remit; Government issues guidance on decontamination for contingency planning; Report highlights the raw materials and resources that Scotland risks running low on; The Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources Regulations 2011.
Can you make your property earn more income for you?; Guarantees no longer guaranteed?: a potential workaround; Scottish tax changes could affect property deals and assets; The Bribery Act: act now to protect your business; Industrial Buildings Allowance and Enterprise Zones – a sting in the tail; Scottish land registration fees on the rise.
Delay of Bribery Act 2010; Who wants to work forever?; Equal pay issues in 2011; Who's holding the baby?; Strike it lucky; Redundancy and new roles.
Quality matters where biodiesel is concerned; It’s in the detail – new regulations require disclosure of waste statistics; New EC requirements for plastic food packaging; Recycling and composting definitions to go in the shredder for “shred and spread”?; New EA position statements on transfers of exempt facilities and "excluded wastes".
Court goes further than Reporter in reducing administrators’ fees; The shape of 2010 and a look forward to 2011; Rough & ready adjudication: disapplying the prescribed part; Has the Court Reporter had his day?; Another bullet in the Landlord’s armoury?; Hypothec: gone but not forgotten?
A pain in the NEC – NEC contract disputes; European Union? – results of survey on impact of EU Procurement directive released; Low carbon construction – a new era for the construction industry; Zero carbon buildings – time to act; Expert witnesses in hot water – TCC looks set to introduce concurrent evidence; Waste not want not – ICE calls for waste investment.
Planning permissions – more time to implement; Delivering new housing – where are we now?; The Infrastructure Planning Commission – what is proposed?; Delivering development projects post the comprehensive spending review – what hope of public sector finance?; Out-of-town supermarkets – the myth of negative impact; Will the move from agreement to obligation help stimulate economic development?; Good Neighbourhood Agreements – will you be the first to volunteer?
Changes in store for the contaminated land regime; The microgeneration mission; AD and biogas combustion to benefit from new standard rules; High risk closed landfills come under review; Sewage solutions.
Creditor calling – enforcement of standard securities; Consumer credit – implementation of the 2008 directive; Guarantees – what’s the debt?; Contracts – interpretation in practice; Misrepresentation – the sophisticated set; Insolvency – an invite to the prescribed part(y).
Royal Wedding Bank Holiday – what does it mean for employers?; New year, new job?; Bonuses and pay in lieu of notice; Minimum wage and on call time; Employment status - some recent considerations; Vicarious liability of employers; Employment tribunal powers outside breach of contract; Looking ahead: what’s new for 2011?
How best to protect?; Electricity market reform: the consultation; High Court judgement not so sweet for Tate & Lyle; Investing in renewables: a balancing act; The Localism Bill: power to the people or a nimbyism charter?; Skycon: tough financial times continue.
Too many chocolates; Judicial review of Digital Economy Act; Introduction of new Patent Box; Steps to take to defend your trade mark on Google; An expensive mistake.
Mind how you mine; Scotland heading for Zero Waste; Trial and error for waste operations – EA sets out the criteria for undertaking trials; EA clears up the procedural minefield concerning Waste Acceptance Criteria; AD advantages – unleashing the potential.
Buncefield judgement considers who is an “operator” for COMAH; The best of biomass; Better environmental regulation – SEPA steps up to the challenge; The European Commission considers further action; New legislation on the horizon for marine licensing.
Snow business: an employer's guide to adverse weather conditions; Automatic pension scheme; Ghost of Christmas past; Proposals to increase unfair dismissal qualifying period; Redundancy – bumps in the selection pool; Discrimination at any cost?; Equality Act 2010 – drafting concerns.
Government introduces new Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for tenders; Distinguishing a liquidated damages clause from a penalty clause; Think green – further Government proposals on Green Scheme; Time is of the essence – insurer escapes a claim from a third party; Test case – the new FIDIC Sub-Contract; Use your common sense: Lord Young publishes Health and Safety Review; Death toll decline not enough – HSE publish Health and Safety statistics for 2009/2010.
Changes to Controlled Waste Regulations; EA wades into the hydrogeological and groundwater areas of the landfill regime; More waste woes for Ireland; Building a sustainable water environment; A clamps down on illegal waste exportation; EA do away with the requirement for a permit.
The challenging world of Environmental Statements and nature conservation; Navigating offshore wind: was the consenting process for Thanet unique?; European Commission eyes up offshore oil and gas activities; The National Renewables Infrastructure Fund; RIIO signifies a huge change to the regulatory framework for electricity and gas; CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and the spending review.
Industrial Emissions Directive clears the last hurdle; Technical guidance lays the foundation for BAT in cement and lime industries; ECJ calls for better protection of wild birds; A Sustainable Scotland?; Ecodesign regulations echo EU standards.
Retirement – the ugliest word in the language; Effective date of termination – when is this?; Equality Act discussion forum; TUPE: failure to inform and consult; Offshore workers' holidays – all at sea?; Withholding bonus – employer discretion; EU proposal to extend maternity pay; Green training opportunities.
Waste on land – EA spreads the word on compliance; Latest Protocol covers pulverised fuel ash; EC waves its warning card over EU waste failures; Digestate uncovered; A positive position on asbestos pipes left in-situ; Questions are raised over investment in waste infrastructure as waste PFI’s find their funding removed.
Registrability of slogans; A never-ending story for licences?; Ryanair controls “ihateryanair.co.uk”; Innovation – Collaboration – Competition – Investment; More IP disputes expected to come to Court; An appliance of science.
Guiding the way – climate change duties for public bodies; Mine water pollution undergoes a pioneering treatment; The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations 2010 enter into force; Access to justice; Clear-cut framework for Scotland’s water management will create cleaner waters; Biofuels brought to task.
Security reviews – never too late; Defining endeavours – what’s reasonable?; Bribery Act 2010 – financial awareness; Lender’s obligations – at your discretion?; Spare no expense – rent on administration; Tax Increment Financing – on the waterfront; Revising the remuneration code – the FSA consults on change.
You cannot hope to bribe or twist...; In mitigation; Discrimination and phsychiatric injury; Discrimination and references; Guilty as charged; Stressed out; The NIC "holiday" for new businesses has started; Equality Act 2010; Minimum wage; Equality Act lunches.
The increase in VAT to 20%: what does it mean for you?; Reasonable enough?: endeavours obligations; Incentives to take a lease - optimising the tax position; Planning reform one year on: how was it for you?; Rights over a public road: appealing news for developers; The right to light – a warning for developers.
Consequences of non-compliance; EPR 2010 – EA sets the standard; Changes in store for materials recovery facilities; The EA makes a special exception for demolition waste left in situ; EA ties up the rules for tyre-derived rubber; Low-risk waste activities – get the low-down; New Bribery Act could affect waste industry.
Delay at your peril – the recoverability of liquidated damages; Bribery Act 2010 – does it do more than banning brown envelopes stuffed with cash? You’re hired! – RIBA Forms of Appointment; Health & Safety laws under inspection; Illegal working – are you in control?; UK businesses get set to go green with Pay as you Save.
Case for consolidation for EIA; Reshaping EPR 2010; Commission criteria for the marine environment; The right product for oil clean-ups?; Dredging up the past – the best solution.
DECC consultation on the Renewables Obligation; Offshore CO2 storage licensing - one step closer to reality; Happy 1st Birthday to the statutory pre-application consultation for planning applications – but is it time to celebrate?; University spin-outs integral to the success of emerging technologies; Money, money, money – will this deliver a high quality planning system?; Renewables sector welcomes lift on ban on local authorities selling surplus power to the National Grid.
Accrued but untaken holiday leave – where are we now?; When is a worker not a worker? An update on employment status; When is a worker not a worker? An update on employment status; Illegal working – are you in control?; Revising the Remuneration Code – the FSA consults on change; Statistically speaking....
Leniency no longer; Making the most of municipal waste; WEEE – decoding good behaviour; Quality Protocols in the pipeline; Recycled plastics – making a full recovery.
Waterworks – protecting Scotland's water environment; FYI – charging under Environmental Information Regulations; Moving towards a microgeneration strategy; Marine conservation – more MPAs to harbour protected species; Consultation on the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011.
Bank consents - risks and reasons; Tenants top tips for leasing; Rights over a public road - some welcome clarification for developers; Empty rates update; Race to register for the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme; Recovering possession for redevelopment.
National minimum wage increases; Equality Act 2010 implementation; Abolition of the default retirement age; Retracting a decision to dismiss: too little too late?; Update on stigma damages; Collective Agreements and TUPE; Disability discrimination: a matter of professional opinion?; Disability discrimination: is perception enough?
EA eases the way for waste derived fuels; Permitting exemptions explained amid amendments to the EPR; Consultation on transposition of the revised WRD completes the circle; A way out of the waste chain for waste lubricating oils; Clinical waste comes under the spotlight; AD trials given the all-clear.
A balancing act – courts provide guidance on accounts in bankruptcy; Clueless – industry lacks knowledge of CDM Regulations; Whose side are you on? – courts look at application of procurement regulations in contracts which do not require to follow them; Coalition wields the axe – Government announces spending cuts to green agencies; Safety blip – number of construction related accidents on the increase; Third Parties triumph under new Act.
Anaerobic digestion – what does the future hold?; Planning ahead – power to the people; The new Marine Licensing regime; The Green Deal – The Energy Security and Green Economy Bill; The proposed Green Investment Bank; Welcome to ‘ABILITY’, the World of Renewable Energy.
The 2010 Budget visualises a greener UK; EU Industrial Emissions Directive – it’s official; The Marine Strategy Regulations 2010; Sewage discharges spill out heavy fines for Scottish Water; GIB – bridging the gap in green funding.
Who’s watching who? The new face of financial regulation; Funding the future – The Eco Bank; Breaking the silence – Confidentiality Agreements; Review of the Lending Code; Misrepresented: Implication in Syndication; Companies take heed – natural person needed.
Scotland aiming for zero waste society; Mining waste cleared up; Energy from Waste – building the case for Scotland; Under exception – fly-tipped waste; A double penalty for Portugal.
Safe as Houses - Scottish Government publishes housing paper; In the Housing Grants Act exclusion zone?; A new beginning for Arbitration; Grand Designs; CIS gross payment approval - a cautionary tale; Waste not want not.
‘Baker’ case brings about changes to the EIA Regulations; BSI PAS sets a model carbon footprint; The sky’s the absolute limit for the UK; ECHA sheds light on intermediates under REACH; Scotland set for carbon countdown.
Terminating contracts of employment summarily; Too old to learn new tricks?; Swapping roles as a reasonable adjustment for disabled employees?; Prison officers, stitch-ups and substitution mindsets; Run-off services and TUPE; Increase in Pension Age; Employee absences: a case of World Cup Fever?
SEPA removes question mark over quality assured gypsum; Re-use of excavated soil – clearly a case to answer; A show of competence under EPR 2010; Believing in biowaste; Waste oil storage – EA keeps a lid on it.
A question of combustion; Offshore wind energy in Scotland set to soar; Sites of community importance; A fitting role for suppliers under FITs; What’s in a name? Labelling for hazardous substances comes under the lens.
EPR 2010 – EA reveals the costs; REACH’s remit under the microscope; Down the drain; Mining waste and landfill – operation overview; Low risk, lower expectations.
Improving your chances of obtaining bank funding; If your lease is about to end...; A firm foundation for collateral warranties; Guarantees no longer guaranteed?; Budget 2010: the implications for property; Competition in the real estate sector.
CRC ready and set to go; Energy Act 2010 recharges CCS; Environmental enforcement regime enters into force; Renewable energy receives a further boost; Highlighting the Habitats Directive.
Government respond to Donaghy Report; New guidance on asbestos; Tower cranes - what do you mean you forgot to register?; Strict compliance is key in construction claims; Follow the leader in carbon capture and storage.
Subsidiary concerns; Enforcing guarantees – what’s the debt?; A firm foundation for collateral warranties; The language of insolvency – when is an administration a winding up?; Registration of charges; Funding innovation for renewable energy.
A reminder of reforms coming into force this month; Holiday entitlement and sick leave; Variation clauses; New national minimum wage rates announced; Collective consultation; Constructive dismissal; Employment Law: a help or a hindrance?; Anti-Blacklisting law comes into force.
Unified framework for the permitting regime; DEFRA speeds up ambitions for landfill; Greenfield soil gets the green-light; Boost for biogas; Where was Italy during Naples ‘waste crisis’?
Appeal Court calculates the cost of water pollution; The limits of liability; Overcharging for access to justice - UK to pay the price; Habitats Regulations to come into force 1st April; Marine Management; UKIIF announces environmental investment fund.
Co-incineration – WID application is clarified by the European Courts; EA reveals new exemption for WEEE; WRAP boosts AD output; MWD reaches Scotland; EA guidance puts streamlined WEEE regime in the spotlight; Landfill Tax fills the coffers.
Renewed hopes for renewables; Environmental offences – what’s the probability?; Marine powers; Co-firing comes under review; Carbon offsetting – the mitigating factor.
Employment update calendar; Dress code dilemmas; Working for two masters; Risk assessments for pregnant workers; Long-term impairment in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; Holiday entitlement: use them or lose them; Power to the whistleblowers.
A move away from waste; Quality matters; Waste exemptions; Waste scrap metals –happy ending in the pipeline?; Mishap over Mining Waste Directive; Food for thought.
Suspended sentence: courts look at contractors entitlement to suspend; Inefficiency to ineffectiveness: the evolution of procurement remedies; Don’t leave me this way: resignation of key persons; Civil sanctions for environmental offences; A costly business: proposals to revamp cost of litigating revealed; Power to the people: Government consults on proposed improvements of competent person.
Grid expectations; Guide to groundwater; Plans predict ecological sustainability for UK waters; Carbon Neutral – beyond the greenwash; Tough targets – CCAs to be more restrictive; SCIs - protection reinforced under ECJ Judgement.
Reverse Factoring – the new debt?; The Year Ahead – the Pre-Budget Report; Tax Increment Financing – stimulating development; Schemes of Arrangement – thinking outside the box; Buying Out – Cross Option Agreements.
Scrap yard or by-product?; Excavated waste escapes; Wise-up on WEEE; EA focus on SME’s to secure compliance; Warning about WEEE.
Intending to sell land to a housebuilder?; Turning turnover rents to your advantage; Tax Increment Financing: the way forward?; In a fix about fixtures and fittings?; Semple Fraser unveils new plot sales system as housebuilding market.
Making waves – new plans spell out sustainable future for the marine environment; Warning to the UK: don’t stand in the way of the promotion of cogeneration; Green energy is given the go ahead; Chemical reaction; Groundwater given greater protection.
TUPE transfers and the duty to consult; Discrimination; Discrimination compensation can include ‘stigma’ loss; Government consults on default retirement age; Administrations update.
HSE inspections to be privatised?; Supreme Court – open all hours; Consultants beware; Sustainability – we know what we need to do but don’t do it; Arbitration – a view to a Bill.
Final product status for tyre-derived rubber materials?; Protecting the quality of agricultural soils; Bad waste management in Ireland causes a stench; Low risk waste recovery – regulatory regime gets an overhaul with the latest update of the Environmental Permitting Regulations; Expect changes to the regulation of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Offshore Regulations set a model example for Exploration and Gas Storage Licences; Polluter Pays Principle – ECJ sets down the boundaries; Complying with the EIA Directive – Projects ensnared by its provisions must not escape assessment; COMAH Regulations – ECJ Judgement confirms that it is up to Member States to ensure emergency plans are drawn up for all establishments; The new Groundwater (England & Wales) Regulations 2009 offer greater protection for the environment; Semple Fraser Environment Team ranked No 1.
Joint Venture funding – the way forward; Junior lenders – washed out?; Shadow Directors – lenders and investors; NAMA – the consequences of default; Good Practice – revised guidance for securities borrowing and lending; Companies Act 2006 – overview.
Waste Water Treatment Directive – Commission confronts UK; Registration Alert - Deadline approaching for compliance with Battery Regulations; Enough of this Rubbish – EU Industry call for tougher supervision of waste shipments; Exemptions for Waste Operators – Escaping the permit regime; Changes to Bribery and Corruption Laws could also catch waste companies.
Agency Workers Directive – fast-tracking; Changes in annual leave and sick leave; Extension to Paternity Leave; Dangers of dismissing disabled employees; Do Service Provision Changes fall under TUPE?; High Court upholds legality of retirement age of 65.
Changing the climate – the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme; Improvement required?;
New measures needed to give England’s soil a nutritional boost; Water Industry under new controls; Environment Agency consults on Permit charges for 2010/11; UK one step ahead in Carbon Capture and Storage; Error in Emissions – European Court finds Malta has overstepped the mark in its emissions output.
Are your subcontractors really employees? HMRC moving the goalposts (again);
European Court looks at the issue of late payments of landfill levy; European Court examines the precision of waste management plans; Landfill tax liability questioned by Council; Standard rules in the spotlight once more; WRAP produces Protocol for Anaerobic Digestion.
Nature conservation laws set to change; Changes expected to the Environment Agency’s enforcement regime; Government gets going on improving grid access; A solution for sewage?; Germany seeks clarification from ECJ on biofuels.
Taxing times for waste sector; Member States free to make up their own minds on allocation of waste costs; High Court judgement resolves WEEE dispute; Scotland’s new mining waste laws – in draft; Defra consults on waste policy direction; Views sought on hazardous waste strategy.
Industrial actions and Dismissals; Right to legal representation at disciplinary hearings; More employees could be classed as disabled - ‘Likeliness’ and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; TUPE transfers: time limits for equal pay claims; Discrimination, Beliefs and Climate Change.
High Court appalled at local authority’s dire dig and dump strategy; Scotland to lead in fight against climate change; Environmental liability rules now law in Scotland and Northern Ireland; English land use planning laws updated to reflect COMAH; Building on energy performance.
Carbon emissions to be cut by 34% by 2020; One death is too many; Infrastructure: In for a shock; Promptness in Public Procurement; One step forward… two steps back?; Commercial energy performance ‘must do better’.
Personal liability of directors – when is a prosecution against you NOT a prosecution against you?; New rules further transpose the Batteries Directive in Scotland; European Court upholds freedom of contract between public authorities providing waste services; SEPA consults on land clean up proposals; Waste operators ARE in the prosecution firing line; Extracts of new rules on mining waste.
A Sense of Community – Enterprise Finance Guarantee Update; Implied Terms in Contract – Wider Implications?; Enforcement of Personal Guarantees – On the Fast-Track; Setting Off – Enforced Exclusion; Statutory Demand – Guarantor Caught in the Cross-Claim; Limited Liability Partnerships: Application of the Companies Act 2006.
Legislative bundle sets out European action plan on climate and energy; Helping to hold back the floods; Revisions update carriage of dangerous goods rules; ECHA cuts REACH down to size; Environmental impact of new planning rules.
The right to legal representation in disciplinary proceedings; Increase in redundancy pay limit New ‘fit note’ unveiled; Constructive Dismissals and Grievances; Annual leave entitlement for sick workers; Paying Tribunal Awards; New national minimum wage rates announced.
Green Guidance - JCT's sustainability clauses; Now, about those adjudication fees…; Is the prize of public sector work still worth the fight?; Anything to contribute?; Good things come in small packages. Perhaps not; Shed your Inhibitions… the BAD Act in the Construction Industry.
Jumping the gun or just being prepared?; Contaminated land – state of the nation; Environment Agency announces policy U-turn on end of waste; Guidance note clarifies regulatory position on recovered aggregate; Construction industry guided on reducing waste.
New Soil Guideline Values revise contaminated land screening criteria; Counting the cost of climate change; New regulations shape up shipping; Lead by example – driving the public sector to a cleaner future; Cards on the table – High Court says claimants’ ATE insurance policy is a disclosable document.
Tax relief for conversion and renovation costs: don’t miss out; Biodiversity – a big issue for future developments; Pro-active asset management – he who hesitates…; Tenant Insolvency: North and South; Church rates demands spark controversy.
Guidance on Waste Duty of Care revamped; New Quality Protocol for plastics; Intention to discard fundamental in determining waste status; Commission issues guidance on EU mining waste; The importance of being diligent; Scrap metal collector wins human rights challenge.
Budget 2009 - Environment; Overhaul planned for landfill tax regime; New asbestos law opens door to more damages claims in Scotland; Support for recycling of batteries and accumulators through producer responsibility; Draft Flood and Water Management Bill is published.
The Renewables Obligation – what’s new for waste?; SEPA turns up the heat on end of waste; High Court spoils appeal bid for aggregates levy exemption; Update for Northern Ireland waste framework; Court advisor approves legal basis of EU shipment of waste law.
Government Help? The Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme; Breathing Space – Standstill Agreements; On Your Marks – Forward Start Facilities; Scoring an Own Goal – Clarification of the Arrestment Goalposts; A change in climate for corporate reporting?; Satisfaction Guaranteed? Construction of Guarantees and Indemnities.
Important changes to employment law; Statutory Dismissal and Grievance Procedures (almost) now repealed; Compulsory Retirement at 65; Investigation into Equal Pay in the Finance Industry; Pay cuts may risk employment claims; Controlling shareholders can be employees; New rules on PAYE.
It’s what’s inside that counts; COMAH comes under the spotlight; Government packages up new hazardous chemicals regulations; Scottish Government consults on transposition of more EU water law; Charging times.
Spot the difference?; Code red, or should I say green; How to avoid penalties for tax return errors; Pay up, or pay the price!; Racing towards a Multicultural Industry; ‘Ta ta’ to the Tsar? Chief concerns over Construction Tsar.
Court of Appeal rubbishes Crown Court waste conviction; Surrey’s waste incinerator plans burn out; Freedom of contract? – within limits says European Court advisor; Leniency and clarity – new Hazardous Waste Regulations come into force on 6th April 2009; A change in climate for corporate governance?
To Survey or not to Survey; Carbon neutral – but are some more neutral than others?; Environment Information Regulations – how and what can they disclose?;
A Fair Compromise?; Developing a Nuisance; Keep Open Clauses and the Distressed Letting Market; Administration – a Scottish Landlords’ Perspective; Plugging the breaches.
Environment Agency cuts waste sector a WEEE break during the Credit Crunch; Report puts end-of-waste criteria under the microscope; Crystal Clear criteria for cullet derived from waste flat glass; Don’t be an April fool – waste operators be ready for changes to waste gypsum regulation; Waste – It’s all WRAPped up.
Redundancy – not the only answer; Long Term Sick Leave doesn’t expire; New guidance on Discipline and Grievance to come into force in April; Tax Status of Sub-Contractors; Increase in Employment Rights in April 2009; A Fair Compromise?
Environmental Liability Directive Starts to Bite; EIAs – Member States Explain Yourself!; Court of Appeal Squashes Buglife’s Bid to Protect Invertebrate Habitat; Able to Import Asbestos; HMRC Confirms Extension of Land Remediation Relief to Plants but Sets Deadline for Making a Claim.
Fatal attraction? Government launches another inquiry into construction deaths; Too mean to be green?; The perils of Public Procurement; Evaluate before you terminate; Worst year in a decade for PFI/PPP industry.
Retail Banking – a new Regulator?; Offshore Financial Markets under review; Islamic Finance – Moving to the Mainstream; New Rules for Pre-Pack Administrations; Joint Ventures - venturing into uncertainty; Financial Collateral Regulations here to stay
Environmental protection measures not immune from EU state aid rules; Use it or lose out on tax breaks – HMRC confirm position on landfill tax liability; New legislation proposed to enhance producer responsibility for WEEE and Batteries; Burnt offering – a draft Quality Protocol for paper sludge ash; Environment Agency gives a little ground on anaerobic digestion.
SEPA pledge to cut through waste management red tape; ECJ endorses tougher environmental standards for steel sector; Marine pollution prevention – it’s plain sailing; Licensed to fuel; ECJ delivers ruling in Italian waste cases.
New Waste Framework Directive now in force; European Court sheds light on the Waste Incineration Directive; Defra seeks your opinion on plans to reshape animal by-products law; Downturn in the recyclables market – what a waste!
The Heat is on; The HSE raises the Bar; Appointment of Construction Officer Imminent; Crane Guidance Reaches New Heights; No Fairytale Results in Wembley Dispute.
Employment Act 2008 Receives Royal Assent; New ACAS Code on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures Published; Is your business planning to make redundancies?; Agency Workers will have Equal Rights under New Directive; Increase in Compensation Limits for Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy; Semple Fraser’s Iain Barton becomes Accredited Mediator.
Bad Law: Landlord's right of hypothec restricted; Empty property relief changes remain controversial; Energy Performance Certificates: do you need one?; Planning for the future: The Planning Act 2008; Real Estate - helping to make the illiquid more liquid; D is for danger and default.
New Waste Framework Directive – the shape of things to come; REACH - New Regulations lets the Enforcers Loose; Pesticides campaigner victorious in High Court; Negligent subcontractors escape liability for waste fire.
‘Energy from waste’ plants are waste disposal installations; Environment Agency invites waste industry to get plastered; Taxman cashes in on waste oil; WRAP offers cash injection to those investing in Scottish recycling infrastructure.
Consultation on ‘contamination’ criteria; Court endorses HSE decision to grant asbestos exemption; Waste recovery businesses DO have obligations under REACH; DEFRA sets out nitrates support package.
Deadline looms for contaminated land landfill tax exemptions; Plasterboard recycling standard now available; Environment Agency’s organic waste decision;
Compulsory retirement at age 65 may be justified; Bonus scheme discriminatory to female workers; Indirect Age Discrimination; Increases in National Minimum Wage; EAT decision on time off for dependent care; Justification of Fixed Term Contracts.
Good safety procedures and systems save the day for offshore operators; New regulations improve access to EPCs in Scotland; Traffic, noise and pollution all reduce property values – but not council tax liability; Microgeneration equipment – invest now pay later; Employers welcome Opinion in Heyday case.
Taking stock and planning ahead; Restructuring - tightening your belt; No to Nationalisation – reforming the banking system; Natural selection for directors?; Focus on finance.
Village Green Preservation Society strikes again; Driving the tax efficiency road; "Name-Shopping"; Going Underground.
Greater access and flexibility for EPC system; Luxembourg gives guidance on WID; Construction materials rise from the ashes; Ireland falls foul of EU urban waste water laws.
Adjudication and Fair Payment for all?; Can you choose your adjudicator?; Superior soil management can help your bottom line; CIS of Life for Industry Professionals; “Construction Matters”.
EA issues guidance on land treatment exemption; Procedures to be followed for packaging waste; Standard Permits set for a re-vamp; Profit to be made from lucrative contents of a landfill site?
Can the current economic climate be used as an opportunity to weed out underperforming staff?; About to give birth?; Implied Garden Leave clause; Flexible Working Consultation.
Individuals can insist on implementation of air pollution laws; Tax man loses out on landfill tax; REACH – Further guidance published; Environmental impact assessment – required for any road works? Government implements Batteries Directive; Euro enviro-crime law unveiled; Scope of conservation law widened; REACH for new guidance on Authorisation and Evaluation.
New Regulations form basis for Prior Informed Consent; Environment Agency can enforce against sewerage leakage; REACH guidance published on chemical safety assessments; Action group loses wind farm case; Microgeneration plant redefined; Hammer comes down on emissions allowances; Dealing with Hazardous Waste? – Environment Agency publishes guidance; Shipping waste? – EC Regulation amends notification and transit documentation; No point crying over spilt oil – ECJ says otherwise; HSE gives go ahead for asbestos import; European Chemicals Agency REACHes out; Irish wind-farms fail to consider environmental impact.
Waste Directive – what the final wording says…; Construction waste – Guidance paves way to simpler regulation; Road Construction Industry – recycle waste asphalt and cut your costs!; Final product status for flat glass?
Text of new EU Waste Law approved - but you can’t please everyone; Planning to pollute? – EA has final say!; Renewable Power Schemes face further delays; LANDLORDS – save money by going green; Environmental ebulletin moves to fortnightly broadcast.
End-of-Waste and REACH – implications for the waste recovery industry; Overhaul of Animal By-Products Regulations; Waste Framework Directive – the final countdown?; Radioactive waste – out of sight out of mind?; Court casts doubts on waste-fuelled district power schemes; What takes precedence – EC or international law?; Construction waste – counting the costs; Dealing with the legacy of landfill sites;
Restrictive Covenants comeback – don't be caught out; Agency workers – equal treatment after 12 weeks?; Flexible Working – 4.5 million parents to benefit; Queen calls for training.
Silver linings in a tight market; Borrowing in a tough market; Distress Remedy being abolished in England and Wales; Restrictive covenants comeback - don't be caught out!
Investment funding for recycling businesses up for grabs; European Court of Justice rules on EU directives on pollution, emissions trading and waste incineration; Nuclear waste disposal facilities – have your say!; Defra consult on expert reports on ambient air quality; How noisy is Scotland?; Contamination court case highlights lease drafting pitfalls; Better protection for groundwater; Organic whiff may lead to cheaper legal challenges; New Compliance Scheme to replace SEPA’s OPA; Opinions sought on Offshore Wind Energy; Europe re-examines Building Energy Efficiency Standards.
Top Court’s decision on tyre burning at cement factory; Court of Appeal considers public nuisance claim in contaminated land case; Pollution threat from ship to ship transfers – managing the risk; Portugal and Italy held in breach of EU law; Site Waste Management Plans – guidance spells out cost and efficiency benefits; Exemptions given EU stamp of approval; EU-ETS 2013 – Your chance to have your say; Biodiversity - is enough being done?
The JCT goes green; Waste not, want not; Kill Bill; Just how reasonable are reasonable endeavours?; The Cost of Fair Payment.
REACH – should you be pre-registering?; Scottish Government reject plans for Lewis windfarm development; Banding the Renewables Obligation – a Scottish perspective; ‘Piggybacking’ permit applications; New EU air quality Directive takes final form; Movements in the Marine sector; 'Aid-ing' environmental protection; Soil management strategy set for England; Environment Agencies to probe deeper into packaging waste export; Cooking up a profit – biodiesel from waste; Quality Protocol for processed fuel oil - guidance on end of waste test?; Environmental permitting exemptions in line for overhaul.
Building Control Officers become ‘Big Brother’; To arbitrate or not to arbitrate?; Crane Sailing; Battle of the forms revisited; Take care not to add to redundancy costs; Application for funding to recycle construction waste.
Trash to cash - producing valuable products from biowaste; Mining industry to dig deep for waste management overhaul; Italy breaches landfill laws; Contractual confidentiality?; A way forward for waste?; Waste - Is it or isn’t it?; Mafia's 'pizza' the action; 2008: A critical year for industrial waste operators.
Long term sick – are sick employees entitled to take a holiday?; Discrimination by association – are you protected? Aged 65 – retirement by default?; Agency worker ruling brings some relief; 900,000 workers to benefit from new rates.
New Defra amendments reduce compliance costs; SEPA launch revised Enforcement Policy; Landfill Communities Fund Cut; New Guidance for Surface Treatments Using Solvents.
Can heavy fuel oil be treated as waste?; Environment Agency Clamps Down on Waste Management Industry; Integrate waste services and improve your bottom line; 6th April – make sure your EPC’s are ready.
Credit crunch hits commercial property market; Licencing law undergoes facelift; Scottish Service Charge Code beds in.
Old battleground revisited; Sustainable Construction – where are we now?; Remember Remember the 5th of … April; Collateral warranties unlimited; Why pay for work you didn’t need?
When are time limits extended under the statutory dismissal procedures?; Age discrimination update; Agency Worker cases update; Can employees rely on changes made at time of TUPE transfer?; Other Employment Law News.
Alcohol Smell Results in Dismissal; Restrictive Covenants - the Court’s Recent Approach; Employee Capability v Employer Culpability; Age Discrimination – Employment Tribunal Service Stats; Compensation for Unfair Dismissal.
EAT decides that TUPE 2006 insolvency provisions did not apply; Employment Tribunal dismisses age discrimination claim; Employment Simplification Bill.
Employment Status of Agency Workers; Discrimination on grounds of religion or belief; Are part time workers entitled to bank holidays in lieu?
DTI Review proposes abolition of statutory dispute resolution procedures; National Minimum Wage increases; Changes to Statutory Maternity Leave and Pay; Age discrimination – compulsory retirement age lawful;
Government to simplify disciplinary, dismissal and grievance procedures; DTI consultation on increasing annual leave entitlement; TUPE – A note for property investors.