Jurisprudence
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Costs - The Court of Appeal established guidelines for the judge’s discretion as to cost recovery from an unsuccessful claimant in public law cases, particularly with regard to preparation costs.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Costs – The leading Court of Appeal case concerning the granting of Protective Costs Orders (PCOs), in which a claimant seeks to limit his or her exposure to the defendant's legal costs. The Court…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Costs – The first case in which the Court of Appeal expressed concern about the high legal costs incurred by claimants in environmental litigation. The Court remarked that this may be a potent factor…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
ENGO standing – The open criteria in national procedural law must be read so as to enable ENGOs to challenge in court decisions on the hunt of wolves, which is a species protected in law.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
United Kingdom - Supreme Court - Ambient Air Quality case (C-404/13) - Summary with link to judgment
ENGO standing in a case regarding UK compliance with EC Directive on ambient air quality.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Access to information - The fact that some pieces of information contained in the files of an unfinished project may be considered as “provisional” should not be interpreted as if they were “material…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Standing of environmental non-governmental organizations – Procedural law shall be interpreted in order to give the public concerned broad opportunities to challenge in court decisions on forestry.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Standing for individuals - Individuals must have the possibility to challenge each step in environmental proceedings which are decisive in the decision-making, even on issues that relate merely to…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Criteria for ENGO standing - The criteria in law for ENGO standing must be read generously order to comply with the international obligations on access to justice in environmental matters.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Public access to information in decision-making procedure on specific activities serving national defence purposes.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
