| 1 | Anti-social behaviour: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on anti-social behaviour. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Appeals: an overview An overview of the rules that apply when appealing a court decision. This note covers when to consider an appeal, where to appeal, the need for permission to appeal, grounds for appeal and costs. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Enforcement: toolkit A toolkit with links to PLC materials dealing with enforcement proceedings in relation to: Money judgments. Civil litigation proceedings (county court). Criminal litigation proceedings. Arbitration claims. Debt claims. Employment Tribunal judgments. Misrepresentation, negligence, restitution and breach of contract claims. Bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings. Insolvency proceedings. Property and planning enforcement proceedings. Health and safety proceedings. Parking enforcement proceedings. Financial services. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Environmental law: overview This note provides a summary of the main types of environmental liabilities that a company or a lender can incur, primarily under the contaminated land, water pollution, environmental permitting, waste and asbestos regimes, as well as civil law. The note is aimed at non-environmental specialists who need to understand, at a very high level, what environmental issues may arise in a transaction. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Environmental offences toolkit This toolkit draws together the various materials PLC has that are relevant to the prosecution and sentencing of environmental offences, including the use of civil sanctions as an alternative to prosecution. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Health and safety toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's UK, EU and US content on health and safety issues. It includes materials on directors' health and safety reponsibilities and liabilities, health and safety in the public sector and health and safety issues in the workplace. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Jackson/civil litigation reform: toolkit A collection of resources on the Jackson/civil litigation reform that should assist practitioners with: What the various changes are and when they will be implemented. Finding relevant legislation, court rules, forms and guidance. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Judicial review: a quick guide A quick guide to judicial review, including who can apply for a review, what decisions can be reviewed and the remedies which may be granted. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Judicial review: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on judicial review. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 10 | Magistrates' court fines: ready reckoner A ready reckoner to be used when calculating fines in the magistrates' court. This ready reckoner is based on a version authored by HM Courts & Tribunals Service. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 11 | Magistrates' courts: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on the magistrates' courts. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 12 | New UK financial services regulatory structure: a quick guide A quick guide to the changes to the UK financial services regulatory structure made by the Financial Services Act 2012. On 1 April 2013, the FSA was abolished and the majority of its functions transferred to two new regulators: the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). On the same date, the Bank of England (BoE) took over the FSA's responsibilities for financial market infrastructures and the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) was established on a statutory basis. For an index of PLC's resources on the new regulatory structure, see A guide to the new UK financial services regulatory structure: index.This is one of a series of quick guides: see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 13 | Aarhus Convention: summary and UK implementation This practice note summarises the key provisions of the Aarhus Convention (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters) and how this has been implemented in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | An introduction to judicial review This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive law relating to judicial review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Appeals in the county courts and High Court: quick guide A short guide to the procedure for appealing in the county courts and High Court. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Appeals to the Court of Appeal: quick guide A short guide to the procedure for appealing to the Court of Appeal. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Appeals to the United Kingdom Supreme Court An overview of the procedure in the UK Supreme Court. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Appeals: quick guide A short guide to appeals in the county courts, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Can we peaceably re-enter if the lease has not been ... A note on whether a landlord can peaceably re-enter the property or forfeit the lease for unpaid rent if the lease has not been completed. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Damages in judicial review This practice note explains when an individual may claim damages in a judicial review challenging the lawfulness of a public body's action. It discusses the procedural issues that may arise in such a claim and the approach that the Administrative Court may take. Although there is currently no right in law to compensate indviduals who have sustained a loss because of the unlawful administrative actions of a public body, the note discusses the consultation proposals for reform that were put forward (but not pursued) by the Law Commission. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Environmental judicial review A note on environmental judicial review, including common grounds of challenge, remedies and a summary of practice and procedure. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Environmental Permitting regime This note provides a summary of the Environmental Permitting (EP) regime, which came into force on 6 April 2008. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | EU Directive on Environmental Crime 2008 This note provides a summary of Directive 2008/99/EC, which requires member states to impose criminal penalties for serious breaches of certain EU environmental legislation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 A note on the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, which increases the maximum penalties for health and safety offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | How are environmental offences prosecuted? This note explains how environmental offences are prosecuted. This note should be read in conjunction with Practice note, Sentencing of environmental offences. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | How are health and safety offences prosecuted? A practice note on the prosecution of health and safety offences in Great Britain, focusing on practice in England and Wales. The note explains the types of health and safety offences, who prosecutes the offences and when a prosecution may be brought. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | How are health and safety offences sentenced in England and ... A note on the sentencing of health and safety law in England and Wales. The note considers sentencing for health and safety breaches and also sentencing for corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. It refers to the factors a court takes into consideration when sentencing and general principles of sentencing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Implementation of Jackson LJ's recommendations (specific ... This note tracks implementation of each of Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations for reform of civil litigation costs (including those not formally presented as recommendations) in specific types of litigation. The note links to a separate note dealing with all other recommendations. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Implementation of Jackson LJ's recommendations: when will ... This note tracks the implementation of each of Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations for reform of civil litigation costs (including those not formally presented as recommendations). The note links to a separate note dealing with recommendations for specific types of litigation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Jackson civil litigation reforms: environmental implications This note summarises the key reforms to civil litigation costs arising from Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations that are likely to be of interest to environmental lawyers. It includes an explanation of the changes to environmental judicial review cases under the Aarhus Convention, such as protective costs orders (PCOs) and cross-undertakings in interim injunctions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Jackson/civil litigation reforms: destination tables These destination tables set out all of the CPR provisions and paragraphs of the practice directions that were amended, revoked or inserted on 1 April 2013, as part of the Jackson/civil litigation reforms. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ... A tracker outlining the progress of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12 (now the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO)). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Magistrates' courts: bail A note on the bail procedure in the magistrates' courts. It covers the bail application procedure and the statutory exceptions to the right to bail. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Magistrates' courts: enforcement of judgments A note on enforcement of judgments handed down in the magistrates' courts. The note includes an explanation of the different enforcement options available administratively to fines officers and judicially to the court. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | Magistrates' courts: jurisdiction and overview This note provides an overview of magistrates' courts and their jurisdiction. It also considers how magistrates are appointed, where magistrates' courts should be located and the various matters that magistrates will deal with within their criminal and civil jurisdictions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | Magistrates' courts: key stages in a trial This note covers the key stages in a trial in the magistrates' court. It includes an overview of the plea before venue procedure, mode of trial procedure for either-way offences and also covers committal proceedings and case management. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | Magistrates' courts: pre-trial procedure and practice A note on pre-trial procedure and practice in the magistrates' courts. The note also deals with potential case management issues and the key stages in a prosecution. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 38 | Magistrates' courts: sentencing and appeals This note covers sentencing and appeals from the magistrates' court. It also deals with the current sentencing guidelines and sentencing options. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 39 | Preventing health and safety issues This note provides a summary of the business costs of health and safety risks and an overview of the various EU directives that impact on the health and safety environment. | Practice notes | 15-May-2013 |
| 40 | Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: public sector implications A note on the Protection of Freedoms Bill which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 to become the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 41 | Reforming the UK's health and safety laws A note explaining the recommendations in Lord Young of Graffham's report, Common Sense, Common Safety, on reform of the UK's health and safety laws, along with details of the subsequent steps taken to implement those recommendations. Those steps include the government's March 2011 report, Good Health and Safety, Good for Everyone, its Common Sense, Common Safety progress reports (published in March, July and October 2011), the Red Tape Challenge, the independent review of health and safety law carried out by Professor Löfstedt, and the government's response to that review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 42 | Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008: civil ... This note provides a summary of the provisions in the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (RESA 2008) that are most likely to affect environmental regulation, in particular the Environment Agency's power to impose civil sanctions in respect of certain environmental breaches as opposed to prosecuting. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 43 | Sentencing of environmental offences This note explains: The guidelines that the criminal courts apply when sentencing environmental offences. The key aggravating and mitigating factors that the courts will take into account. How the courts' sentencing powers are applied in practice, with examples. This note should be read in conjunction with Practice note, How are environmental offences prosecuted? | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 44 | Serious Crime Act 2007 and SCPOs: environmental offences The Serious Crime Act 2007 gives courts and enforcement authorities a number of powers to tackle serious crime. In particular, it gives the Crown Court and High Court the right to make "serious crime prevention orders" (SCPOs) against individuals and companies who have been convicted of serious offences. This includes a number of environmental offences, such as disposing of waste without a licence. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 45 | Wales: devolution of powers for environmental legislation and ... This note sets out: An overview of the devolution of environmental legislative and executive competence to the National Assembly for Wales (NAW) and the Welsh Government (WG). The key areas where the NAW and the WG are developing separate environmental policies and legislation for Wales. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 46 | What constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the ... This practice note examines what constitutes a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998. The distinction between public authorities and public functions and private bodies and private functions is unclear, particularly in relation to hybrid bodies, where only some functions may be public (section 6(5), HRA). The position is made more difficult with public/private partnership arrangements and public bodies contracting out functions to the private sector. This distinction is important because a public authority must not act in a way that is incompatible with the Convention rights (section 6, HRA). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 47 | Who enforces health and safety law in England, Wales and ... A note on the enforcement of health and safety law in England, Wales and Scotland. | Practice notes | Maintained |