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 The easy bit is clause 1: the European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on (Br)exit day.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 […]
17 Jul 2017
The Government have published the Brexit Repeal Bill but critics still still point to the lack of critical details. Interestingly Michael Gove has been having a round of meetings with marine and environmental folk and spoke to a recent meeting of the Green Alliance where some notable constructive statements were made. Commentary below: European Union […]
13 Feb 2017
The Times and Financial Times have followed up on news from Natural England on great crested newts, the mention of them in the housing white paper and a ‘newt offsetting scheme’, to the announcement in the Financial times on Friday that ‘developers had triumphed over the great crested’ new in relation to the Habitats Directive. […]