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20 November 2023
WE WON! DEFRA’s River Basin Management Planning unlawful, finds High Court
In landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for UK’s polluted rivers Fish Legal and Pickering…
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06 July 2022
Defra gives thumbs up to North Eastern IFCA’s dodgy maths for bass netting
In February, Fish Legal (FL) discovered that the North-Eastern Inshore Fisheries Conservation Author…
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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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07 July 2021
Judge says Government’s promise to report on protected sites is legally binding
A Judge at the High Court has ruled that a promise made by the Government in 2015 to provide reports…
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02 June 2021
WWF, Angling Trust and Fish Legal back in Court this month over agricultural pollution of rivers
WWF, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal are back in Court on 16th June after almost six years of press…
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04 March 2021
DEFRA faces renewed court action on river pollution
With state of our rivers very much in the public eye since lockdown began, Fish Legal, Angling Trust…
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