18 Oct 2017
Two articles: 1. Omitting the Precautionary principle & the polluter pays from the European Withdrawal Bill (EUWB) Guardian: ‘UK withdrawal bill ‘rips the heart out of environmental law’, say campaigners. New bill omits key ‘precautionary’ principle requiring developers and industry to prove actions will not harm wildlife or habitats as well as the ‘polluter pays’ […]
11 Oct 2017
CIWEM has combined with other environmental professional bodies to express views on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The briefing has been produced collaboratively by CIWEM, the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), the chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), the Society for the Environment and the Institute […]
06 Sep 2017
Vanity Fair: Not a magazine I usually read but this article highlights what is at stake – much more than any one sector. Wildlife & Countryside Link’s Brexit Digest 12 September 2017 Fears that the Government were going to face a tough vote on the second reading of the EU Withdrawal Bill was put to […]
14 Aug 2017
Blog by David Hart QC takes a look at the Brexit Bill The Great Repeal Bill has shrunk more prosaically into the EUWB, but its task is technically arduous. The easy bit is clause 1: the European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on (Br)exit day. Job done? No. Job hardly started. European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and Explanatory […]