[Past Event] - Landmark Chambers' Environmental Law Conference: biodiversity

Wednesday 30 April 2025

This year’s Environmental Law conference will focus on biodiversity, and how impacts on biodiversity are assessed, controlled and compensated for, and on legal measures to improve biodiversity in the UK.

Landmark Chambers' Environmental Law Conference: biodiversity

Overview

Landmark's Environmental Law Conference aims to give environment practitioners, solicitors and local authority clients an overview of significant developments in Environmental Law.  

Programme

9.30 Registration & Refreshments

10.00 Introductory remarks - Lord Carnwath 

10.10 Biodiversity: international obligations - Joel Semakula

10.40 Securing biodiversity net gain - Dominic Woodfield

11.10 Questions

11.20 Refreshments

11.45 Nature recovery and the general biodiversity duty - Jenny Wigley KC

12.15 Panel Discussion - The Planning and Infrastructure Bill and Species Protection - Jenny Wigley KC, Richard Turney KC and Dominic Woodfield

13.00 Lunch

13.50 Rewilding: legal problems - Siân McGibbon

14.20 Downstream emissions and ecological impacts - Richard Turney KC

14.50 Questions

15.00 Refreshments

15.20 Habitats case law update - Dr Ashley Bowes

15.50 Panel discussion

16.30 Networking (drinks and canapes)

*Please note that there are a limited number of complimentary places available for Local Authority, NGOs and charity delegates (one per Council or organisation). If you are eligible for a free place, please email: seminars@landmarkchambers.co.uk

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