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Incomplete information and the right to know: Climategate’s long tail
Stephen McIntyre v Information Commissioner (Environmental Information Regulations 2004) [2013] UKFTT 156 (17 May 2013) – read judgment and [2013] UKFTT 51 (7 May 2013) read judgment These are the...
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Who “holds” the working papers of the Climategate inquiry?
Holland v. Information Commissioner & University of East Anglia, First Tier Tribunal, 29 April 2013 – read judgment In 2009 someone hacked into e-mails belonging to the Climate Research Unit at...
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Aarhus, the A-G, and why the rules on interim remedies need to change
Commission v. UK, Opinion of Advocate-General Kokott, 12 September 2013 read opinion here I did an initial post here summarising this opinion from the A-G to the CJEU saying that the UK was in breach...
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Judicial review changes: inevitably the same result if no unlawfulness?
North Norfolk District Council v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, [2014] EWHC 279 (Admin), Robin Purchas QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, 14 February 2014 – read...
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Bike repair and cycling training for your firm – and all for a good cause
Not too long ago, a friend of mine, Jem Stein, set up a brilliant social enterprise called the Bike Project. It has gone from strength to strength. The project is now loking for (i) new corporate...
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Wind turbines, noise and public information
R (o.t.a Joicey) v. Northumberland County Council , 7 November 2014, Cranston J read judgment An interesting decision about a Council not supplying some key information about a wind turbine project to...
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Subsidy withdrawal from renewable energy entirely lawful – Court of Appeal
Infinis Energy Holdings Ltd v HM Treasury and Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 1030 – read judgment In July 2015 the government announced that it was removing a subsidy for renewable energy. Its decision in fact...
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The Round Up: Facial Recognition Technology and Failings by Prisons, Police...
Civil liberties groups have responded with opprobrium to the Metropolitan Police’s plan to begin using live facial recognition (LFR) cameras on London’s streets as of next month. Purportedly, the...
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CA declares Heathrow expansion decision unlawful on climate change grounds
[2020] EWCA Civ 214 – read judgment Airport expansion has taken a long and winding road, not least at Heathrow. But the proponents of the 3rd runway at Heathrow would have been heartened by the...
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The Climate Change Act, Heathrow and HS2
The latest episode of Law Pod UK features energy expert Thomas Muinzer of Aberdeen University and David Hart QC of 1 Crown Office Row. They discuss the complex provisions of the Climate Change Act...
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Gas from Mozambique in difficult times for energy: breach of the Paris...
R. (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for International Trade/Export Credits Guarantee Department (UK Export Finance) [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin) The claimant (FoE)...
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Climate change human rights violations found against Australia in Torres...
On 22 September 2022, the UN Human Rights Committee found that the Australian Government had violated the human rights of various Torres Strait islanders through climate change inaction. The rights in...
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Developing a new tort for climate change
Michael John Smith (appellant) v Fronterra Co-operative group Ltd and others [2024] NZSC 5 This appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court concerned strike out of a claim in tort (comprised of three...
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European Court of Human Rights rules that climate change mitigation is an...
This article was first published in Edition 33 of the Journal of Environmental Law and Management. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the editors at Lawtext Publishing Limited On Monday...
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Planning authorities must take account of global emissions in approvals for...
R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey CountyCouncil and others (Respondents) A detailed summary of the issues and the facts in this case can be found...
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