Climate law change will limit individual rights, academic warns
Creating certainty for a subset of businesses comes at a cost to others, says Benjamin Tombs.
Not everyone agrees with the Government's plan to limit people's rights to take legal action on climate change impacts.
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An Otago University law lecturer has questioned the Government’s decision to close off civil claims for climate change damages.
Yesterday, the Government said it would amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent findings of liability in tort for climate change damage or harm caused by
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