High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division Archives - Climate Change Litigation

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17 Cases found

Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether the UK government's decision to provide financing to a liquid natural gas project in Mozambique violated climate commitments

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport (on National Policy Statement)

At issue: Whether the UK government's national policy statement on road building must be reassessed in light of new, more ambitious climate targets

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport and Highway England Company (on Roads Investment Strategy)

At issue: Whether the UK government's Second Roads Investment Strategy unlawfully fails to consider climate and air pollution impacts

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Elliott-Smith v. Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy et al.

At issue: Whether the UK Emissions Trading Scheme sets an improperly high emissions cap and unlawfully excludes incinerator emissions

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Packham v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Halt railway project on the ground that GHGs had not been adequately considered.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

ClientEarth v. Secretary of State

At issue: Environmental group challenged government's decision to approve natural gas plant.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Claire Stephenson v. Secretary of State for Housing and Communities and Local Government

At issue: Claimant sought judicial review of a section of the National Planning Policy Framework that promoted fracking.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

R. (on the application of the London Borough of Hillingdon and others) v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Coalition sought judicial review of government plans on airport expansion

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Newark & Sherwood District Council v. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

At issue: Challenge planning permission for the construction of a wind turbine

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment Transport and Regions

At issue: Challenge approval of permit for construction of a residential development due to flood risks.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Macarthur v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

At issue: Challenge planning permission for the construction of two wind farms

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Lark Energy Ltd. v. Secretary for State for Communities

At issue: Appeal refusal of a permit to build solar farm

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Jarrett v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

At issue: Application to quash decision approving construction of wind turbine

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Hertfordshire County Council v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

At issue: Challenge permissions for urban expansion project

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Deutsche Bank AG v. Total Global Steel Ltd.

At issue: Dispute over sale of ‘surrendered’ Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs)

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Castletown Estates Ltd., Carmarthenshire County Council v. Welsh Ministers

At issue: Challenge planning permit denial

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Bard Campaign v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

At issue: Challenge designation process for “ecotowns”

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division