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This blog is maintained for information purposes only. It is not intended to be a source of legal advice and must not be relied upon as such. Blog posts reflect the views and opinions of their individual authors, not of ELF.
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...
08 Mar 2017
ELF 25 years on
Now into its 25th year, an established NGO and a recognisable access point for communities needing h...
22 Feb 2017
Permission refused for challenge to destructive development
On 7th February, I had the opportunity to attend the oral renewal of permission to judicially review...
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 ...