It is well-known that the issue of enforcement remains the Achilles heel of international law in general and international environmental law in particular. Given the rate with which natural resources are depleted and the number of species facing extinction is increasing the issue of enforcement warrants attention. Perhaps that is why Stephen Hockman QC, current deputy High Court judge and former chairman of the Bar Council, is proposing an international environmental court in yesterday’s Telegraph(calls for an international environmental court are far from new and have been aired on numerous occasions in the past). Hockman argues for the creation of…