Law of the Lands

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Disputes between neighbours about boundary trees are not uncommon; private prosecutions by neighbours against neighbours, especially concerning boundary trees, are uncommon. In a recent decision, Justice Libman of the Ontario Court of Justice upheld a lower court conviction obtained on a private prosecution with respect to a violation of the Forestry Act , R.S.O. 1990, c.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2017

By Dena Adler. Photo Credit: Malcolm MacLeod via Wikimedia Commons. On November 21, 2017, the High Court of Ireland blocked a climate change case concerning construction of a new airport runway from moving forward, but made a groundbreaking decision in recognizing “a personal constitutional right to an environment” for the first time. In Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I am not certain whether I should welcome our readers to this year’s Top 10 Environmental Watch List or provide a warning along the lines of “Discretion Advised: Readers May Find This Material Disturbing.” A central question occupying environmental lawyers of all stripes is the degree to which the current federal administration, under the leadership of President Trump, his cabinet and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, will disrupt federal environmental and natural resources policies constructed ov

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