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19 Mar 2018
Vulnerable social housing tenants represented at proposed Farringdon hotel public inquiry
When ELF was approached by a residents association in Farringdon which represents vulnerable social ...
12 Mar 2018
FOE Complaint That The Brexit Bill May Breach The Aarhus Convention Is Admissible
Last month, the UN-backed Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (‘the Committee’) found admissi...
12 Mar 2018
Coming Soon? An Environmental Rights Centre For Scotland
Dr Ben Christman fills us in on his research in Scotland The history of ‘public interest environme...
31 Oct 2017
Clarifying The New Environmental Costs Rules?
Emma Lui reflects on the recent court challenge to the costs rules in environmental cases. Last mont...
12 Sep 2017
Costs Rules Changes Lead To Alternative Approaches To Access Environmental Justice
ELF’s Emma Montlake considers some immediate effects of the recent costs rules changes ELF is alre...
24 Jul 2017
Training On Environmental Justice For BME Communities
Emma Montlake reflects on a recent ELF training session for university students In June ELF organise...
17 Jul 2017
On First Looking Into The Brexit Bill
David Hart QC takes a look at the Brexit Bill The Great Repeal Bill has shrunk more prosaically into...
14 Jun 2017
Once More Unto The Breach…
The ClientEarth litigation on air pollution rolls into a new phase, six years after they first began...
09 May 2017
Fracking And The Precautionary Principle
As public concern over fracking continues, ELF member Emily Shirley reports on a recent legal challe...
21 Mar 2017
Access To Environmental Justice
ELF’s Chair, David Hart QC, considers how the latest changes to the costs rules will affect commun...