Environmental Communications
Fish Legal achieves a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for UK’s polluted rivers
A Yorkshire angling club fighting to restore Upper Costa Beck, a formerly prime trout and grayling fishery near Pickering now degraded by pollution - working with environmental organisation Fish Legal - won a landmark judicial review in the High Court against the Government and the Environment Agency of its defective river improvement plans. In a judgment released by the Court on 20th November, Mrs Justice Lieven ruled that the Government, and the Environment Agency, had failed in their mandatory legal duties to review, update, and put in place measures to restore rivers and other water bodies under the Water Framework Directive Regulations.
Fish Legal hopes that this ruling will lead to widespread implementation of actual, on-the-ground improvements, not only on the Costa Beck but on every other ‘failing’ river and lake across the country.
To communicate the magnitude and far-reaching consequences of this judgement, we concentrated on reaching as many interested groups as possible, not only through traditional media, but also on social media. Check out just a few of the results below.
Penny Gane, Head of Practice at Fish Legal
"We have been working with Zambuni Communications for over a year now and our communications have been completely transformed during that time. Claire and her team are professional, responsive and their enthusiasm is infectious. They have taken the time to really understand what we do and build trust with our team. Not only have they secured wider coverage for us, but they have also supported and advised us on dealing with the increased interest in our work and the opportunities that has come about as a result.”