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The EU Waste Framework Directive: What does it mean for you?
By Andrew Church-Taylor @ Dec 2, 2011
in Regulatory Law
02
Dec
Dec
The long awaited revised EU Waste Framework Directive was finally brought into UK legislation by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 in March this year. The Directive introduced the "polluter pays principle” and included two new recycling and recovery targets. Under the Directive,...
Guilty plea credits and the defence of health and safety and Environment Agency investigations
By Andrew Church-Taylor @ Jun 21, 2011
in Regulatory Law
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Jun
Jun
It was of some interest to hear this morning that the Government are to climb down on their somewhat controversial proposal to give credit for an early guilty plea of up to 50% of what would normally be the sentence handed out for an offence of that nature committed in those...
