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Climate impact litigation strengthened with ICJ opinion
On 23 July 2025, the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (considered the World's court) in The Hague, Netherlands, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, delivered the ICJ's advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. Hailed as an "historic achievement which sets the benchmark for climate action going forward", this keenly awaited opinion was, surprisingly, derived from students in the Pacific Island State of Vanuatu seeking to fight the climate crisis. In an attempt to force richer nations, who have contributed the most to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, not only to listen to the vulnerable smaller countries taking the brunt of it on the front line, but to be held accountable, they sought sponsors from other UN Member States.
Read moreA matter of interpretation – the Supreme Court look at contractual interpretation once more
In their recent Judgment in Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) v Blacks Outdoor Retails Ltd [2023] UKSC 2 the Supreme Court adopted a commercially balanced interpretation of a lease; rejecting the overly textual approach of the Court of Appeal in favour of reading the relevant clause in the context of the lease as a whole.
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