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27 Jan 2017
Aarhus Convention update: Government still ignoring private nuisance claims
In November 2016, the Government responded in rather disappointing terms (here) to a consultation ab...
18 Jan 2017
Secretary of State permission for housing in special landscape area
ELF has been lending support and direct assistance from an ELF network member to a community in Asho...
14 Dec 2016
UK breaching access to environmental justice requirements
In what may or may not (depending on your point of view) be regarded as fortuitous timing following ...
30 Nov 2016
Costs – an uneven playing field
Access to environmental justice must not be ‘prohibitively expensive’. That is a key requirement...
16 Nov 2016
Air quality and Brexit
There is something in the air. It might be the smell of fresh coffee, the perfume of a fresh Autumn ...
11 Nov 2016
National Pro Bono Week – My ELF roots
I first worked with ELF as an Advice & Referral Volunteer in 2008, assisting members of the pub...
10 Nov 2016
National Pro Bono Week – Everyone’s a winner!
The University of Birmingham Law School joined the Environmental Law Foundation university pro bono ...
09 Nov 2016
National Pro Bono Week – Waste Not, Want Not?
Lots of the issues raised with the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) arise from attempts to manage,...
08 Nov 2016
National Pro Bono Week – Unpredictable outcomes
Acting for local groups, local residents and conservation groups in seeking to protect the environme...
07 Nov 2016
National Pro Bono Week – ELF
Today is day 1 of the National Pro Bono Week, and I would like to tell you a little bit about the En...