The Montara oil spill class action – ‘The obvious cannot be ignored’
Lay observers and expert witnesses face off in the Montara oil spill class action.
Federal Court: July 2020
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
This is how to sue your government over climate change, say experts
The International Bar Association (IBA) has published an extraordinary directive for courts to step in where governments may be failing to protect citizens from climate…
Risky business: super case heats up climate debate
ILONA MILLAR & SHARONA COUTTS examine how regulators, corporations and individuals are starting to see climate change as a matter of financial risk management.
Federal Court: November 2019
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
World-first legal battle hopes to save a culture
A group of Torres Strait Islanders is filing a human rights complaint against the Australian Government. They say a lack of action on climate change…
Federal Court: June 2019
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
‘Unlawful’ and ‘indefensible’: Murray-Darling Basin Authority receives damning report card
RICHARD BEASLEY SC delivers a scathing report of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s ‘unlawful’ and ‘incomprehensible’ mismanagement of the Basin.
Climate change takes centre stage in Land and Environment Court
Gloucester Resources v Minister for Planning marks the first time an Australian court has refused a development on the basis of its climate change impacts.
Managing our scarce water resources: developments in the Murray-Darling
Analysis of the latest legal and policy developments in the Murray-Darling Basin ahead of the much anticipated Royal Commission report. By EMMA CARMODY.
A tinge of green in Cambodia
More than 500 legal professionals from around the world descended on Siem Reap, Cambodia, in November for the 31st LAWASIA conference where environmental crime and…