It’s hard to think of anything else right now other than the coronavirus, but the world doesn’t stop, and you might have noticed that there is another weighty issue that has also made the leap from global public consciousness into the legal market, particularly over the past year: climate change. Largely thanks to the efforts […]
Lawyers for Extinction Rebellion gathered outside Slaughter and May to protest what the group called the “blood money” law firms have been receiving from the oil and gas industry. The protestors focused on Slaughters due to its recent work on Premier Oil’s agreement to acquire $625m of oil and gas fields in the North Sea […]
Hogan Lovells is scanning the City to look for the “most sustainable building” in London, as it formalises aspects of its search for a new headquarters. With the lease ending in 2026, late last year the firm assembled a team of advisers that includes sustainability specialists tasked with ensuring the firm’s objectives are pursued during […]
Extinction Rebellion is to launch legal action against the Metropolitan Police, as the environmental pressure group brings in Bindmans to contest the break up of its London protest on Monday evening. Calling on Bindmans’ head of actions against police and state Jules Carey, Extinction Rebellion has taken the first steps towards a judicial review by […]
Extinction Rebellion has been out in force this week, with members of the legal profession lending their support to the cause. This is what Brick Court’s Richard Lord QC had to say at the gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice. We are standing in a place steeped in legal history, where for centuries notions […]
Earlier this week Extinction Rebellion parked a blue boat outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand and occupied the busy London street with a sit-down protest, causing traffic jams and commuter chaos. It came at the start of a week of protest events around the country. This is not the first time the […]
With global warming dominating the political agenda and bringing challenges for businesses, litigators have been kept busy, with Herbert Smith Freehills in front this quarter with two cases over two case days
On 1 May Business in the Community hosted a countrywide summit on climate change. The summit, led by HRH the Prince of Wales, brought together more than 1,000 senior CEOs and business leaders to discuss climate change and the business response to this global issue. The summit was also evidence of the growing trend […]