environment
William Wilson
Deputy Interim Environmental Protection ...

It is a great honour to be appointed by Welsh Government as a Deputy Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales, working with the other Deputy John Henderson, and reporting to the Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales, Professor Lynda Warren.

Deputy Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
environment
William Wilson
Lexology Client Choice, Environment and Climate

I’m very grateful to have been given this Lexology Client Choice award for England, for Environment and Climate work for 2025.

environment
William Wilson
FROM LONDON TO LAHORE: CUTTING AIR POLLUTION ...

On 11 October 2025 Dawn Media and Breathe Pakistan convened a major conference on air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan.

FROM LONDON TO LAHORE: CUTTING AIR POLLUTION SAVES LIVES
Climate Change
William Wilson
GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION 2025 ...

On 26 June 2025 as part of London Climate Action Week https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org I attended the launch of the 7th edition of this hugely important and influential report and resource at the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/ .

GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE LITIGATION 2025 SNAPSHOT REPORT LAUNCH
environment, International
William Wilson
NUCLEAR LIABILITY WORKSHOP IN ACCRA, GHANA

It was great to make a first visit to Accra and Ghana in mid April 2025 to contribute to a workshop on nuclear liability as part of the European Commission programme in support of Ghana’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority, led by friends and colleagues from  Vienna.  I did sessions on nuclear liability, and on nuclear transport.

NUCLEAR LIABILITY WORKSHOP IN ACCRA, GHANA
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SUPREME COURT RULES PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT UNLAWFUL, NULL AND VOID

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In a historic judgment on combined appeals from England and Scotland on 24 September 2019, all 11 Justices of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Prime Minister Johnson’s advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament for five weeks from mid September to 14 October 2019 prevented Parliament from carrying out its constitutional role.

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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES BILLS FALL WITH THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT: ENVIRONMENT BILL NOT YET INTRODUCED

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With the (somewhat controversial) prorogation of Parliament from 9 September to 14 October 2019, it would appear that the Agriculture Bill, the Fisheries Bill and other key legislation including the Trade Bill, which were going through Parliament on 9 September will now technically ‘fall’.