All Outputs (3)

Silent spring in Britain today (2006)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2006). Silent spring in Britain today. Environmental Law and Management, 18(3), 99-102

A retrospective on attitudes to the environment, tracing modern attitudes back to the time of Britain's 'silent spring' which pre-dated, yet was overshadowed, by that in the US.

Displacing remedies from environmental to planning law: The enforcement of Part IIA Environmental Protection Act 1990 (2006)
Journal Article
Pontin, B., & Willmore, C. (2006). Displacing remedies from environmental to planning law: The enforcement of Part IIA Environmental Protection Act 1990

A analysis of the findings of fieldwork into the local authority enforcement of statutory inspection powers, highlighting the emphasis placed on solutions to contamination through planning legislation, rather than specialised environmental legislatio... Read More about Displacing remedies from environmental to planning law: The enforcement of Part IIA Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Defending 'fundamental' riparian rights from proposed regulatory law limitations: Lessons from parliamentary history (2006)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2006). Defending 'fundamental' riparian rights from proposed regulatory law limitations: Lessons from parliamentary history

Archival study of the debate leading to the proposal, but ultimate rejection, of a legislative curtailing of nuisance remedies in respect of pollution authorised by a regulatory permit (a discharge consent).