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Lithuania - Supreme Administrative Court - Curonian Spit national park management plan case - Summary with link to judgment

Individuals cannot challenge the legality of Governmental decisions by a separate action for annulment in administrative court. However, individuals can challenge the legality of Government’s…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Lithuania - Supreme Court - R. S. and others v. Marijampolė Regional Environmental Protection Department of Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, CSC “Saerimner” - Summary with link to judgment

The Aarhus Convention includes a broad scope right to actio negatoria of the public concerned. Even if it is not directly enshrined in every specific national legal act, it derives from the…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Armenia - Administrative Court - Dolphynarium case - Summary with link to judgment

NGO standing - The Administrative Court of Armenia referring to the previous judgments by the Cassation Court and the Constitutional Court stated that environmental NGOs did not have standing before…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Armenia - General Jurisdiction Court of First Instance of Syunik Region - 22 residents of the Kapan city v. Armenian Sewerage Company - Summary with the judgment text

Residents of the Kapan city in Armenia brought a collective lawsuit before the court of first instance against Armenian Sewerage Company, requiring the company to provide for wastewater treatment and…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Lithuania - Supreme Administrative Court - A. Ž. and others v. Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and its Vilnius Regional Environmental Protection Department - Summary with judgment text

Individuals and groups of individuals did not have the right to defend public interests in a case concerning illegal lumbering.

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Armenia - Cassation Court of Armenia - Teghout mine case - Summary with the judgment texts

Standing for a non-governmental organization – The Cassation Court of Armenia in 2009 stated that Ecoera, an environmental non-governmental organization, has access to justice before the court in…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

Tajikistan - Hudjand Municipal Court - Access to information on the environmental impact of a distilling plant (Case 2-583) - Summary with link to judgment

Access to information – Court upheld citizen’s claim against the Environment Protection Department of the town of Hudjand following its refusal to provide information on the environment impact of a…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

United Kingdom - High Court and Court of Appeal - R (on the application of Littlewood) v Bassetlaw District Council ([2008] EWHC 1812 (Admin)) - Summary with link to judgment

Costs - The Court of Appeal upheld a High Court costs order for the unsuccessful claimant (Mr Littlewood) to reimburse the defendant up to a maximum of £50,000 on the basis that the figure did not…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

United Kingdom - High Court - R (on the application of McCaw) v City of Westminster Magistrate's Court ([2008] EWHC 1504 (Admin)) - Summary

The High Court accepted that the criterion established for the granting of Protective Costs Orders (PCOs) in the Corner House case must in environmental cases be applied flexibly and in the light of…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice

United Kingdom - Court of Appeal - R (Buglife) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation ([2008] EWCA Civ 1209) - Summary with link to judgment

Costs – The Court of Appeal established guidelines for the level of“reciprocal costs caps” for claimants in relation to the granting of Protective Cost Order (PCO). The Court rejected the notion that…

Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice