Earlier this year the environment minister, Sussan Ley, said the “lawfare that is such a part of today’s environmental landscape can be crippling to ­business as well as to environmental organisations”.

Individuals in societies perform all the time.

Sticks and Stones may break my bones Not when I back this botty

That smoake at those times was not in request, But for this doting age reseru’d in store: Now ’tis an after-course at euery feast, To some it may doe good, but hurt to more.