This week’s roundup of legal news includes a rising tide of filth, plus problem solving criminal courts, procedural problem solving civil courts, human rights laws, and a historic view of policing. Plus recent case law and commentary. And ice cream. — Environment Rising tide of filth The Environment Agency’s latest report, Water and sewerage companies in England: environmental performance report 2021, does not water down its criticism of the sector’s (one can only say) shitty adherence to performance targets. Introducing the report, the agency’s chair, Emma Howard Boyd, says: