HARDWICK NEWS
Renationalisation—the water industry
Environment analysis: As part of a series on the continued debate around renationalisation, we analyse the current sentiment in the water industry and the potential impact of renationalisation. Steve Gummer, partner at Sharpe Pritchard, considers the...
Lexis PSL environmental law news podcast – August 2019
<p>In our August 2019 environmental law news podcast, we hear from Chris Badger and Mark Davies of 6 Pump Court on several recent cases, including:<br /></p><ul><li><i>Openbaar Ministerie v Tronex BV </i>– on the...
Future energy scenarios 2019
Energy analysis: This analysis looks at the government’s 2019 Future Energy Scenarios (FES) report, published on 11 July 2019. The annual FES sets out a number of credible scenarios for the future development of the GB energy system. This analysis, written by...
A conversation on the Green Finance Strategy
Environment analysis: On 2 July 2019, the government published its policy paper on the Green Finance Strategy—a strategy that ‘recognises the role of the financial sector in delivering global and domestic climate and environmental objectives’. Imogen...
Energy weekly highlights—8 August 2019
This week's edition of Energy weekly highlights includes the publication of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Keeling Schedules which explain the technical amendments to the Capacity Market and the Office of Gas and Electricity...
High Court grapples with what constitutes 'construction operations'
In Engie Fabricom UK Ltd v MW High Tech Projects Ltd [2019] EWHC 1876 (TCC), the central issue was whether works carried out at a gasification power plant were 'construction operations' as defined by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996...
