Tim Baines

1. INTRODUCTION The recent High Court judgment in Romal Capital (C02) Limited ("Romal") v Peel Ports Limited ("Peel") is a rare case in

The recent High Court judgment in Romal Capital (C02) Limited ("Romal") v Peel Ports Limited ("Peel") is a rare case in which the courts considered the extent of "reasonable endeavours" obligations...

1. BACKGROUND In March 2026, the UK Government published a partial response to its Consultation on “Reforms to the Energy Performance of

1. INTRODUCTION The UK Government has finally published its long-anticipated response to two public consultations carried out in 2019 and

The UK Government has published its interim response to consultations on minimum energy efficiency standards for commercial properties, establishing that buildings over 1,000 square metres must achieve an EPC rating of B by 2031.

In a bid to spur economic growth and reverse environmental decline, in 2025, the UK Government introduced a new approach to off-setting environment...

The UK Government has introduced a new framework for offsetting environmental harms from housing and infrastructure development through the Nature Restoration Fund and Nature Restoration Levy. This approach pools money from individual developments to fund strategic environmental interventions, replacing the previous site-by-site mitigation system that was criticized for failing to halt environmental decline while slowing housing schemes.

[co-author: Beth Mills]* On 3 July 2026, the European Commission ( "EC" ) adopted revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards "ESRS" ) and, for smaller companies, a voluntary reporting standard

The UK is developing its Forest Risk Commodity regulation to combat deforestation-driven climate change, but implementation has been delayed for years with significant policy shifts announced in 2026. How will the UK's approach compare to the EU's stringent Deforestation-Free Products Regulation, and what compliance challenges will businesses face as both regimes take shape?

Deforestation is now the second leading cause of climate change globally, after burning fossil fuels, and is responsible for around 11% of all gree...