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United Kingdom - Court of Appeal - R (on the application of Derek England) v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council & Team Ltd & ORS ([2006] EWCA Civ 1742) - Summary with link to judgment
Costs – The Court of Appeal held that the need for the claimant to have no “private interest in the outcome of case” (one of the “criteria” established in the Corner House case), is not decisive when…
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United Kingdom - Court of Appeal - R (on the application of Sonia Burkett) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ([2004] EWCA Civ 1342) - Summary with link to judgment
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…
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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…
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Germany - Administrative Appeals Court of Schleswig - NABU and others v die Stadt Kappeln (1 KN 12/08 (DE only)) - Summary with link to judgment
NGO standing (art. 2.5, 9.2) – The Administrative Appeals Court of Schleswig granted an environmental NGO standing to appeal a zoning plan, stating that EU Directive 2003/35/EC was directly…
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Italy - Council of State - Regione Veneto v Legambiente of Verona, the Municipality of the village of Sona and citizens of the village of Sona (sez. V, n. 5136) - Summary with link to judgment
Legal standing of environmental associations and their local branches.
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Latvia - Constitutional Court - 21 Deputies of the Saeima v. Riga City Council (No.2008-03-03 Maskavas Street Regulations) - Summary with link to judgment
A group of members of parliament claimed that the regulations on use and building of a particular territory in the capital of Latvia were contrary to art. 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of…
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Compendium of case studies of good practice on promoting public participation in international forums
Those countries that ratified the Aarhus Convention, and the European Union, committed themselves to promote the application of the principles of the Convention in international environmental…
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Judgment on C-240/09
Further to a reference for a preliminary ruling, the Court ruled that "Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention does not have direct effect in EU law. It is, however, for the referring court to…
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EU - Court of Justice - Decision on Access Info Europe v Council of the European Union (T-233/09) - Summary with link to judgment
On 22 March 2011, the General Court of the European Union found that the Council of the EU wrongly refused to disclose the identity of countries taking positions on reform of the EU’s access to…
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Sustainable Energy Week -11-15 April, 2011; Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi is the first capital city in the Eastern Partnership countries of the EU to sign the Covenant of Mayors and together with other important obligations, the city become responsible for…
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