Publications

Quantification of environmental damages in large-scale environmental disasters Authors: Dr. Meloria Meschi, Ravi Kanabar, Angeline Welsh KC, Grace Ferrier Click to download PDF. Introduction Large-scale environmental disasters typically cause several kinds of immediate and consequential loss. Where such losses are financial, they can be quantified in the usual way. The quantification of environmental damage in […]

On 17 April 2024 the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) of LawtechUK published a comprehensive Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law. The Legal Statement is a significant development in the field of cryptocurrency, related digital trading technology and insolvency law. Alexander Riddiford acted as a member of the drafting team for the Legal Statement, […]

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies, written by a group of leading practitioners in company and commercial litigation, including Edward Brown KC and Stephen Donnelly. The book provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the law relating to company directors, their duties, and liabilities. It covers all relevant aspects […]

Seeing the wood for the trees:Developments in deforestation legislation and litigation Authors: Naomi Hart and Grace Ferrier Click to download PDF Introduction Forests play a critical role in maintaining our planet’s health, providing clean air, purifying waters and soils and acting as an important natural brake on the rate of climate change by sequestering and storing […]

Environmental harm and the OECD NCP complaints process:the road increasingly travelled Authors: Naomi Hart and Daniel Fox Click to download PDF Challenging corporate behaviours by way of complaints – to OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct (“NCPs”) – alleging breach of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct (“the Guidelines”) has […]

Youth-led climate lawsuits and the significance of the decision in Montana v Held Author: Ellen Tims Click to download PDF Introduction On 13 March 2020, 16 young Montanans, then aged between 2 and 18, filed a lawsuit alleging that Montana was violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment because of a law […]

Climate Conscious Investing and the Butler-Sloss Decision Authors: Simon Bishop, Edward Brown KC, Patrick Kenny and Daniel Fox  Click to download PDF Investors have, so far, brought climate-related claims falling into either of the following two categories: First, claims alleging breach of duties against investment managers (including pension trustees), or against other persons such as […]

DOWNLOAD PDF In this article, Richard Hoyle considers a range of recent English cases which examine fiduciary duties relating to investment or divestment where fiduciaries were either motivated by, or, in contrast, downplayed ESG and climate change issues. In doing so he highlights the potential for fragmented outcomes when comparing different types of fiduciary relationship, […]

Climate Change Law Conference 2023 Session 3: The Aviation Impact Accelerator and scientific and legal issues of carbon measurements / causation Author: Olivier Swain – Hogan Lovells Click to Download PDF The third session in the Climate Change Law Conference was presented by Professor Tony Purnell, Graham Dunning KC and Dr Marion Palmer. Professor Purnell […]

Overview The recent decision in SQD v. QYP [2023] EWHC 2145 (Comm) brings into focus the role of the English court when asked to grant anti-suit injunctive (‘ASI’) relief to enforce an arbitration agreement which specifies a foreign seat. The case concerns an arbitration agreement presumptively governed by English law which specifies Paris as the […]