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A Tree Preservation Order (‘a Preservation Order’) is made by a Local Planning Authority (‘the Planning Authority’) for the purpose of protecting specific trees or woodlands from: without the Planning Authority’s consent, in order to protect against wilful damage and destruction. Part VIII of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (‘the Act’),and The Town […]

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’) creates a public ‘right of access’ to information held by ‘Public Authorities’ which obliged to: The definition of ‘Public Authorities’ includes Government Departments, Local Authorities, the NHS, and Police Forces. The Act outlines the manner of the presentation of a ‘Freedom of Information’ request and the appropriate […]

Conducting proceedings through the civil courts in England and Wales has always been, and remains, a relatively expensive enterprise, to the extent that such costs can often be seen as a barrier to anyone seeking any form of remedy through those courts. There never is, of course, a guarantee of success when seeking redress and, […]

A company director and his company have both received substantial fines following a prosecution conducted by The Environment Agency before Worcester Crown Court for offences contrary to Regulation 38(1)(a) and regulation 12(1)(a) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (‘the Regulations’). Helen Holder of KANGS outlines the circumstances. KANGS is rated as one of […]

In a previous article posted to this site entitled Online Safety Bill | Kangs Online Safety Regulations Solicitors we examined The Online Safety Bill (‘the Bill’) designed ‘to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.’ The […]

New Regulations (‘the new Regulations’), which came into force on 1 October 2023, ban businesses from supplying to the public a wide range of single-use plastic items such as plates, bowls, cutlery, trays, polystyrene cups and food containers. It is estimated that, every year, England uses over two and a half billion items of single-use […]