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24 July 2024
Welsh Government Takes A Significant Step To Reduce River Pollution
Welsh Government have this week confirmed a review into the regulation and enforcement of spreading…
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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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11 May 2024
Government to appeal High Court ruling, despite its own Watchdog Revealing it is Failing England’s Rivers
Last year, with a group of Yorkshire anglers, Fish Legal won a landmark case that exposed why the Go…
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23 May 2024
Nuclear Power Company Refuses To Answer Questions About Environmental Impacts
The company building a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset has refused to disclose…
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11 March 2024
Meet the Fish Legal team
Come and meet the Fish Legal team at Mallon & Green, 7 King Street, Bakewell, DE45 1DZ this Thur…
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28 February 2024
Southern Water Pleads Not Guilty to Polluting the River Test
Southern Water pleaded “not guilty” on Tuesday at Southampton Magistrates’ Court to four criminal ch…
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23 February 2024
Government to appeal High Court ruling with country-wide implications for rivers
The Government and Environment Agency have this week been given permission to appeal a High Court ru…
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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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10 January 2024
Natural Resources Wales referred to environment watchdog for River Wye pollution failures
Fish Legal has submitted a legal complaint to the interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wale…
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03 January 2024
East Midlands Airport face criminal charges for River Trent pollution
Multiple criminal charges are being brought against East Midlands Airport Ltd by the Environment Age…
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