CC and Government in Australia: Melbourne, 24 October 2013ccAustralia
"CC and Government in Australia", presented by Neale Hooper (Creative Commons Australia) in Melbourne on 24 October 2013. Slides prepared by Professor Anne Fitzgerald, QUT Law Faculty.
David Rose & Axel Walz Presentation at MIP European Patent Reform Forum 2014King & Wood Mallesons
David Rose and Axel Walz spoke at the Managing Intellectual Property European Patent Reform Forum in Munich on 9 September 2014 on the likely role of the Court of Justice of the European Union under the new regime. They were joined on the panel by Judge Dr. Matthias Zigmann, Presiding Judge of the Munich I Regional Court.
European cooperation on homelessness under the 2013 Irish Presidency of the EUFEANTSA
Presentation given by Aidan Culhane of the Department for the Environment, Community, and Local Government, Ireland at the FEANTSA/HABITACT seminar "Tackling homelessness as a social investment for the future: Looking at the bigger picture", 12th June 2013, Amsterdam
CC and Government in Australia: Melbourne, 24 October 2013ccAustralia
"CC and Government in Australia", presented by Neale Hooper (Creative Commons Australia) in Melbourne on 24 October 2013. Slides prepared by Professor Anne Fitzgerald, QUT Law Faculty.
David Rose & Axel Walz Presentation at MIP European Patent Reform Forum 2014King & Wood Mallesons
David Rose and Axel Walz spoke at the Managing Intellectual Property European Patent Reform Forum in Munich on 9 September 2014 on the likely role of the Court of Justice of the European Union under the new regime. They were joined on the panel by Judge Dr. Matthias Zigmann, Presiding Judge of the Munich I Regional Court.
European cooperation on homelessness under the 2013 Irish Presidency of the EUFEANTSA
Presentation given by Aidan Culhane of the Department for the Environment, Community, and Local Government, Ireland at the FEANTSA/HABITACT seminar "Tackling homelessness as a social investment for the future: Looking at the bigger picture", 12th June 2013, Amsterdam
StrategicFit - UK Unconventionals regulationStrategicFit
European unconventional gas regulations have rapidly developed as public and political reaction has evolved. Local populations, confronted with negative media coverage and with limited previous exposure to onshore oil and gas activities, have protested shale gas development. Over the last year this has led to moratoriums on fracking in France and Bulgaria. Whereas in Poland and Ukraine, strong government support has led to major exploration investment.
Following on from our previous study on the developments in in France we have written the following presentation on the response in the UK. It provides insight into the fallout from seismic activity caused by fracking, the structure of relevant environmental and financial regulations and the state of current public opposition.
The Patents County Court Small Claims TrackJane Lambert
On 1 Oct 2012 CPR Part 63 was amended to create a new small claims track for the Patents County Court. This presentation explains why these rule changes are important and show how they may be operated.
This interactive session looked at developments in adjudication enforcement decisions, including a panel discussion / debate on:
- Adjudication generally
- The implications of the Human Rights Act
At our planning and development club we covered the following topics:
• starter homes - the saga continues
• SDLT changes 2016
• brexit - possible implications
• recent property case law - some points to note.
https://www.brownejacobson.com/sectors-and-services/services/real-estate/planning
StrategicFit - UK Unconventionals regulationStrategicFit
European unconventional gas regulations have rapidly developed as public and political reaction has evolved. Local populations, confronted with negative media coverage and with limited previous exposure to onshore oil and gas activities, have protested shale gas development. Over the last year this has led to moratoriums on fracking in France and Bulgaria. Whereas in Poland and Ukraine, strong government support has led to major exploration investment.
Following on from our previous study on the developments in in France we have written the following presentation on the response in the UK. It provides insight into the fallout from seismic activity caused by fracking, the structure of relevant environmental and financial regulations and the state of current public opposition.
The Patents County Court Small Claims TrackJane Lambert
On 1 Oct 2012 CPR Part 63 was amended to create a new small claims track for the Patents County Court. This presentation explains why these rule changes are important and show how they may be operated.
This interactive session looked at developments in adjudication enforcement decisions, including a panel discussion / debate on:
- Adjudication generally
- The implications of the Human Rights Act
At our planning and development club we covered the following topics:
• starter homes - the saga continues
• SDLT changes 2016
• brexit - possible implications
• recent property case law - some points to note.
https://www.brownejacobson.com/sectors-and-services/services/real-estate/planning
The Diversified Industrials Conference 11 June 2014
• Antitrust Trends in Diversified Industrials - Ros Kellaway and Lesley Farrell from Eversheds LLP
• Commercial contracting pitfalls - Tony Andrews from Doncasters. Gary Pellow & Tom Bridgford from Eversheds LLP
• Energy costs – opportunities and challenges - Nick Sturgeon from Chemical Industries Association
• M&A in Africa - Rafik Mzah from AfricInvest and Jawad Fassi-Fehri, from Eversheds LLP, Africa Group
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This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
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A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
2. Aarhus in Scotland
General overview of Aarhus
Environmental information rights
Public participation rights
Access to justice to challenge decision making
3. Overview of Aarhus
• Mainly procedural environmental rights
• Provides for access to environmental
information, public participation and access
to justice
• UK and EU are signatories
4. Aarhus - an overview
• In Scotland international law not binding
but can assist with interpretation
• Signing by EU means that Aarhus (partly)
implemented via EU route
• Compliance Committee - can make a
complaint direct
5. Main problem in Scotland -
access to justice
• Environmental issues under litigated in
Scotland - historic issues with title and
interest
• International and European obligations -
Aarhus Convention and Article 9
• Rights to access environmental justice
(challenge decision making) in a way that is
not prohibitively expensive
6. Rights to access environmental
information
• The
Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004
• The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
• http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/YourRig
7. Rights to information
• Generally a problem?
• Some issues - commercial confidentiality
• Host of cases - most out with court actions
and are about long term campaigns/issues
8. Rights to information
• Rights under EIR
• Can make an oral request for information
• Slightly different exemptions under FOI/EIR
• In practice for the authority to decide if
environmental information or not
9. Rights to information
•Scottish Information Commissioner’s website
has guides and hints
•It suggests making separate requests for
information so that it doesn’t get ‘lost’
•Be specific - e.g. information from last 12
months
•Think about how the request is framed
10. Environmental information
rights
• Way requests are framed - recorded
information
• “For example, don't ask:What were you thinking
when you took the decision to shut the Scotstown
school playground? Instead, you could try:
• Please send me information from all reports,
correspondence or communications relating to the
decision to shut the Scotstown school
playground.” (taken from SIC website)
11. Environmental information
rights
• 20 working days - if no response or a
refusal, internal review
• If still don’t have information, appeal to SIC
- no charge, staff very helpful
• Can be done at the same time as taking
court action
12. Public participation rights
• Public participation rights under Aarhus
only apply to certain types of development
• EU Directive 2011/92/EU
• Annex 1 and Annex II developments
• ‘Screening’
13. Public participation rights
• If caught by Directive increased
participation rights
• Numerous challenges in England on
whether caught by Directive
• Schedule 1 - mandatory; Schedule 2 -
depends on factors such as size, etc
14. Public participation in planning
• Scottish legislation - goes further in respect
of pre-application consultation
• But not clear if pre-application consultation
is making any difference to genuine
consultation rights
15. Public participation in planning
• Town and Country Planning (Development
Management Procedure) (Scotland)
Regulations 2013 - classes of development
• But remember public participation on plans
and programmes - strategic environmental
assessment - not just planning applications
• and also consultations on IPPC from SEPA
http://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/consultations/publi
• public-participation-directive-ppd-consultations/
16. Public participation
• what are plans and programmes caught by
consultation rights? and what specific
development proposals are caught?
• cases - adequacy of participation when
parliament decides (Belgium airport cases -
10 minutes of debate; High speed rail),
consultation Edinburgh Gazette and
alternatives (McGinty), differences between
SEA and EIA (Walton)
17. Access to environmental
justice
• Aarhus Convention & EIA Directive
• Legal aid
• Protective Expenses orders & rules of
court
• 12 week (or 6 week) time limit
18. Legal aid
• Two problems
• Regulation 15 of Civil Legal Aid (Scotland)
Regulations 2002 - joint and common interest -
will arise frequently in environmental cases
• Assisted person status - generally protected
against expenses unless have acted unreasonably
or change in financial circumstances - does not
apply to SU2/SU4 work (emergency legal aid)
19. Protective expenses orders
• First granted McGinty v Scottish Ministers [2010]
CSOH 5
• Caps liability at outset of case
• McGinty authority for public interest matters,
must be required to continue with case; wider
than environmental cases - but high cap £30,000
• Tests are high - few orders granted - but Hillhead
Community Council - £1,000 limit
20. Protective expenses orders
• Potential breach of European law as no certainty
to orders being granted - so Rules in Court of
Session - chapter 58A
• Rules are limited in scope :
• only EIA or IPPC cases
• court consider whether it is prohibitively
expensive
• court considers prospect of success
• may not be sufficient for European law and
international law obligations
21. Protective expenses order
• Edwards - mixture of subjective and objective test
• Maximum limit which can be lower (£5,000 cap,
recovery limited to £30,000)
• However, Scottish rules can refuse an order
outright if not prohibitively expensive
22. Some Scottish cases
• McGinty - early case cap of £30,000
• Walton pre rules of court cap of £40,000
• Newton Mearns Residents Flood Prevention
Group - outwith rules, refused on the lack of
general public interest
• Friends of Loch Etive - refused on financial grounds
- court could not be satisfied order required
• John Muir Trust - refused on financial grounds
23. Some Scottish cases
• Carroll v Scottish Borders Council
• Suggest that the prospects of success
should not be a dry run of the full hearing
to come
• Sets out in detail the rules
• Helpful “In my opinion it is plainly desirable that
proceedings for protective expenses orders should
be kept short and simple, to minimize expense as
far as possible.”
24. Gaps
• Aarhus ‘substantive and procedural review’
• Difference - case on merits?
• Article 9 of Aarhus not just about
challenging decisions when made, what
about noise and other nuisances?
25. Time limits
• At present no time limit in judicial review cases
• 12 week time limit being introduced by Courts
Reform (Scotland)
• Likely to significantly hinder community groups
and NGOs in environmental cases
• 6 week time limit for some cases dealt with by
local review bodies, for some decisions under the
Roads (Scotland) Act and planning acts, and other
regulatory decisions
26. Solutions?
• Funding - desire for decisions to be made quickly
by the courts - means all parties and the courts
need to be resourced
• Lord President’s study - opportunity for case
management and dedicated resources
• Scottish Government consultation - desire for
change?
• Legal aid decisions & timescales for decisions