frESH Law Horizons – Key Developments in UK and EU Environment Safety and Health Law Procedure and Policy

Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK & EU Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law, procedure and policy.

This month’s edition includes the following:

• The Environment Bill is published, setting out post-Brexit environmental governance
• Defra publishes its long-awaited Resources and Waste Strategy for England
• Defra has issued its Clean Air Strategy
• Government consults on modernising water regulation in England
• Environment Agency has issued a rare notice of liability under the Environmental Damage Regulations
• Thames Water fined £2 million following conviction for avoidable release of raw sewage
• HSE releases Great Britain’s annual injury and ill health statistics
• Violence at Work - NHS Trust fined £300,000 after nurses stabbed
• Independent review of Modern Slavery Act 2015 has called for tighter rules on modern slavery statements
• EU legislators concluded negotiations and agreed on the text of the Single-use Plastics Directive
• ECHA submits proposals to restrict microplastics under REACH