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Our blog shares insights and perspectives from the ELF team and our contributors. It is for general information only and isn’t a substitute for legal advice.
18 Sep 2025
ELF member spotlight: Michael Feeney
Michael is building a strong practice in planning, environmental, highways, and licensing law...
08 Sep 2025
Landmark High Court Victory Protects Ceibwr Bay and Its Wildlife
On 5 September 2025, the High Court delivered a landmark judgment: planning permission for th...
17 Jul 2025
A Message in Memory of Rachel Youngman
It is with deep respect and profound sadness that we share this unpublished letter from Rachel Young...
08 Jun 2025
World Oceans Day: Sustaining what sustains us through environmental law
This World Oceans Day, we’re reflecting on what it truly means to sustain what sustains us. The oc...
19 May 2025
ELF Member Spotlight: Sioned Davies
Sioned Davies has gained a broad range of experience across planning and environmental law in...
16 May 2025
Landmark Legal Victory for England’s Rivers: The Court of Appeal’s Pickering Judgment
ELF has worked with Emily Shirley of Thamesbank over decades. There is no one who know...
29 Apr 2025
ELF member spotlight: Julia Eriksen
Julia Eriksen is a solicitor in Leigh Day’s environment team who specialises in public ...
31 Mar 2025
Defending Crest Fields: How four women took on a quarry expansion
Then a major developer, Breedon PLC, appealed against Denbighshire County Council’s decisio...
26 Mar 2025
ELF Member Spotlight: Jessica Allen
Jessica Allen is a barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers whose practice encompasses all are...
17 Mar 2025
Fighting for our future: Gretel Leeb’s battle against polluting power
When a gas-fired ‘peaking plant’ was proposed on the edge of an ancient woodland and alon...