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JANUARY 2026: Track compliance deadlines for the horizon scanning guide

Click through to download the January 2026 Horizon Scanning Guide, tracking upcoming deadlines across 12 key environmental, energy and health and safety sectors.

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FINES, MONITORED: Key insights on financial penalties from the first part of 2024

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GREEN RULINGS RADAR: Important updates from the courts this spring

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LATEST RISK REVIEW: Key green policy and legal updates PLUS Welsh watchdog insights and ongoing onshore wind barriers

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RISK REVIEW: Key policy changes and deadlines, PLUS Suez ruling implications, net zero case law latest and divergence round-up

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RISK REVIEW: Major policy changes to watch out for, PLUS key financial penalties from the past quarter

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RISK REVIEW: Major policy changes to watch out for, PLUS key legal cases of the past quarter

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Tax breaks, natural capital, and ELMs: What will it take to meet DEFRA's nature targets?

The ENDS Briefing: The policy changes to expect from the Environment Act targets

Policy briefing: Why new guidance on biowaste means industry ‘cannot rest on its laurels’

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When a plan is not a plan: Why the government lost its appeal against a landmark river ruling

Angus Evers, partner at law firm Shoosmiths LLP
25 Jun 2025 by Angus Evers
Environmental lawyer Angus Evers unpacks why DEFRA lost a legal fight against its plan for how to manage Yorkshire’s Upper Costa Beck

Why Biffa’s DRS case was allowed to proceed – and why the ruling will be one to watch

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22 May 2025 by Laura Tainsh
The Scottish case could spell consequences for how governmental bodies deal with commercial contracts, writes Laura Tainsh

Why the chickens have come home to roost after a landmark ruling on manure waste

Katie de Kauwe, senior lawyer with campaigning group Friends of the Earth
16 Apr 2025 by Katie de Kauwe
Senior lawyer Katie de Kauwe examines why the High Court threw out the NFU’s case last month over so-called 'megafarm' manure.

Why the ruling on Rosebank and Jackdaw matters beyond oil and gas – in more ways than you might think

Simon Tilling is head of environmental law at Pennon Group Plc, and writes for ENDS in his personal capacity
12 Mar 2025 by Simon Tilling
Lawyer Simon Tilling drills deeper into the landmark judgment and finds less-talked-about lessons about the role of law as the government goes for growth

Buried Bitcoin: What a dispute over a binned £600m hard drive tells us about who owns waste

Angus Evers, partner at law firm Shoosmiths LLP
19 Feb 2025 by Angus Evers
A recent High Court ruling raises critical questions about the ownership of discarded waste, writes lawyer Angus Evers

Why the EA failed in its court battle to stop HS2 works in Warwickshire

Nina Pindham
14 Jan 2025 by Nina Pindham
The regulator’s defeat last year illustrates the high bar it faces to challenge developments in the ‘build, build, build’ era, writes barrister Nina Pindham

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