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Environmental Law
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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
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Course Aims:

This course aims to provide listeners with an understanding of how Environmental liabilities must be considered by both private and commercial clients. It is aimed at lawyers practising in the field of environmental law and its associated fields, as well as those with an interest in the area.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Have learnt what the mechanisms are that regulate environmental protection;
  • Understand the need to advise clients on all areas of liability;
  • Have learnt that certain types of pollution amount to both criminal and civil liability;
  • Understand how environmental law interrelates with many other areas of law;
  • Have learnt the significance of the various Acts that govern Environmental law.
Level:
Beginner Difficulty: 1 of 5
Classification:
Legal Principles
Practical Guide
Sources and References:
  • Environmental Liability – Directive 2004/35/EC;
  • Environmental Protection Act 1990;
  • Water Resources Act 1991;
  • Water Industry Act 1991;
  • Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
  • Rylands v Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330;
  • Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 2 AC 264.

In this podcast, Trevor Hellawell, author of “Environmental and Planning Law” and “The Law Society's Environmental Law Handbook”, introduces the concept of environmental protection and the legal framework that works to enforce it. Mr Hellawell speaks generally on environmental law as a whole, and then proceeds to explain in detail what legal practitioners must know when advising their clients.

Podcast Added: 11/07/2008

Podcast last reviewed: 2011-09-26

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