Environmental and Planning Law Update
John Pugh-Smith will provide a round up of important planning cases over the past year:
Enforcement injunctions and the four year rule
Nature Conservation Designations
Application and Interpretation of planning policy
Publicising planning applications
Statements of Common Ground
Competing future uses
Permission costs in judicial review proceedings
Modifying s.106 agreements
Stephen Tromans will review similar developments in environmental law, including:
The ongoing saga of defining waste
Problems in implementing the Landfill Directive
Waste objectives and BPEO
EIA - the headline casesEnvironmental crime and punishment.
John Pugh-Smith has been instructed by many developers and local authorities for a number of years in complicated environmental issues. He is regarded as a leading and highly experienced junior barrister specialising in planning and environmental law. His publications include, for Sweet & Maxwell, Archaeology in Law (1996) (with Dr John Samuels), Neighbours and the Law (3rd Edition 2001) (originating author and now general editor) and, for Oxford University Press, Environmental Law (2000) (contributor and general editor). He is also a joint editor of P&CR case reports.
Stephen Tromans specialises in environmental, planning law, and related fields of public, commercial, local government, EC, human rights and international law. Prior to practising at the Bar, he was a solicitor, heading the Environmental Law Department at Simmons & Simmons from 1990-98. His clients include government, public agencies and authorities, companies, trade associations and non-governmental organisations. Particular areas of interest are waste, nuclear installations, contaminated land and nature conservation. Significant recent cases include:R v Durham County Council ex p Huddleston: direct effect of EC environmental assessment directive.R (Vetterlein) v Hampshire County Council: human rights and planning permission for incineration.R (Levy) v Environment Agency: use of waste tyres in cement kilnsHounslow London Borough Council v. Thames Water Utilities: statutory nuisance and sewage worksR (Feakins) v. DEFRA: animal waste from foot and mouth crisisBlackland Park Exploration v Environment Agency: definition of \"landfill\"He is the author of a recent book - Environmental Impact Assessment: Law and Practice.
Date: Tuesday 27th January 2004
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