12 Jul, 2024 Climate change litigation trends: a key risk area for corporates and financial institutions By Samantha Holland In June, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment published its 2024 annual snapshot report on global trends...
08 Jul, 2024 UK Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Decision on Downstream (Scope 3) Emissions – R(Finch) V Surrey County Council By Samantha Holland Samantha Brady Natasha Ewart Smith In a landmark climate decision, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has found that downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (known as Scope 3...
16 Apr, 2024 European Court of Human Rights confirms right to effective protection from serious adverse effects of climate change By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram Moira Thompson Oliver Sabine Dittrich +1 more... Show less The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has held in a landmark decision that a Contracting State has breached its duties...
01 Feb, 2024 Overseas Supply Chain Risk – A Change of Approach from the English Courts? By Samantha Holland Smriti Sriram In a positive move for corporates, the High Court’s decision in Limbu v Dyson indicates the English courts are now willing (and able) to...
15 Jun, 2023 Climate litigation risk informing investor decisions By Samantha Holland Individuals, civil society and other stakeholders are increasingly using the courts to challenge governments and high emitting corporates...
19 Jul, 2022 Reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty : what you need to know By Maria Shepard Peter Wickham Samantha Holland On 24 June 2022, the 53 signatory states to the Energy Charter Treaty reached an “agreement in principle” to the Treaty’s amendment and...
15 Mar, 2021 Expanding the legal foundations: UKJT consults on new rules for cryptoasset and smart contract disputes By Samantha Holland The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has publicly consulted on draft new Digital Dispute Resolution Rules that can be incorporated into...
01 Mar, 2021 Mass claims for data breaches: perhaps a change of heart by the Government but don’t forget Lloyd v Google By Samantha Holland The UK Government has published its response to last year’s consultation reviewing the representative action provisions in s187 of the...