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13 December 2024
The Grayling Society backs Nationally Important Legal Case for UK rivers with £10,000 donation
The Grayling Society has donated £10,000 to Fish Legal to support its Every River Counts appeal…
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04 December 2024
Plan to sacrifice Shropshire river with Severn Trent Water sewage transfer “hatched behind closed doors”
Anglers in South Shropshire have joined together with local residents and environmental groups to ob…
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30 November 2024
Southern Water Trial Paused Pending Further Action
The trial of Southern Water for polluting the River Test has been adjourned. The private prosecution…
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11 July 2024
This new Government will be Tested in Court on Legally Binding Targets for Water
In 2023, Fish Legal – acting for the Pickering Fishery Association – won a ground-breaki…
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02 February 2024
Enforcement Action over Abstraction on Northern Ireland salmon river “not a priority” for Office of Environmental Protection
The Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) has decided not to take any enforcement action against…
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24 March 2023
Anglers launch legal action over Environment Agency’s failure to curb Yorkshire Water sewage spills
The Government and Environment Agency are facing legal action for failing to stop pollution in the C…
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24 June 2022
Her Majesty’s cheese supplier fined £1.52 million for environmental crimes
The makers of Cathedral City cheese were fined £1.52 million and ordered to pay £272,747 in legal co…
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07 February 2022
Fish Legal holds up red card for Natural Resources Wales over Wye scandal
Fish legal has written to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to “notify” them that environmental damage i…
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14 December 2021
Fish Legal says act now to stop Government hamstringing judges in environmental cases
Fish Legal is encouraging members to act now to stop the Government hamstringing judges by taking aw…
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