Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analytical review of the key jurisprudence of the European Court and to present the argument that a more conservative approach is being adopted when considering the objective justification defence in dismissals by reason of retirement....

Stream nitrate nitrogen exports are an important indicator of agricultural impacts on aquatic health in catchments. Quantitative assessment of factors and processes affecting stream nitrate loadings is complex because of the large number of causal factors and processes, such as weather and...