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90 Cases found

Greenpeace Ltd v (1) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (2) the Oil and Gas Authority; and Uplift v (1) SSBEIS and (2) the OGA (North Sea oil and gas licensing)

At issue: The lawfulness of a further licensing round for North Sea oil and gas, and of related policy, including in respect of whether end use emissions are direct effects for the purposes of strategic environmental assessment.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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ClientEarth v. Financial Conduct Authority (Ithaca Energy plc listing on London Stock Exchange)

At issue: Whether the financial disclosures required for an oil and gas company to list on the London Stock Exchange were lawful, despite not detailing certain climate-related risks.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Butler-Sloss & Others v The Charity Commission for England And Wales & Another

At issue: Whether charitable trustees can legitimately take into account non-financial considerations when exercising their powers of investment.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Campaign to Protect Rural England v Secretary of State for Transport (challenge to the A57 Link Roads Development Consent Order 2022)

At issue: The lawfulness of consenting of a new major road project without considering cumulative carbon emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R v. Brewer and others (Just Stop Oil protest, Esso terminal, Birmingham)

At issue: Whether seven protestors were guilty of aggravated trespass by obstructing operations at an Esso fuel terminal in Birmingham.
Jurisdictions:
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Rights: Community: Action v. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Action Plan for Salt Cross Garden Village)

At issue: Whether planning inspectors acted unlawfully when finding a council’s inclusion of net-zero standards in its plan for the development of a new village conflicted with national policy.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Friends of the Earth v. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; and South Lakeland Action on Climate Change v. SSLUHC (Whitehaven coalmine)

At issue: Whether the decision to grant planning permission for a new coking coal mine was unlawful.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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CAN (Coal Action Network) v. Coal Authority and Welsh Ministers

At issue: Whether the Coal Authority misinterpreted its legal powers and the Welsh government were in error of law under the Coal Industry Act 1994 to allow expansion of the Aberpergwm coal mine.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Possible v. Secretary of State for Transport; and GALBA v. SST (challenges to government’s ‘Jet Zero strategy’ for decarbonising aviation)

At issue: Whether the government’s “Jet Zero” strategy breaches the Climate Change Act or public law principles.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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New Weather Institute v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's claims that the 2022 World Cup was carbon-neutral are misleading by giving consumers the impression that attending the event has no impact on the environment and therefore in breach of the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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ClientEarth v. Shell’s Board of Directors

At issue: Whether Shell's board of directors is breaching its duty to shareholders by not properly managing climate risk.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Specific Instance to the UK NCP under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises filed by Global Witness against UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether UK Export Finance was in breach of the OECD Guidelines for Multi-national Enterprises by failing to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement, disclose emissions, and rapidly phase out support for fossil fuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines
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R v McKelvey and others (Doctors for XR protest on Lambeth Bridge)

At issue: Whether health professionals' blocking traffic 'for health's sake' was illegal under the Public Order Act of UK.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Magistrates Court
        • West London Magistrate's Court
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Greenpeace v. North Sea Transition Authority

At issue: Whether the UK government correctly issued its approval for the development of an oil and gas field ("Jackdaw") in the North Sea.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R (oao Friends of the Earth) v. Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

At issue: Whether the SoS’s adoption of the Net Zero Strategy did not discharge his duties under the Climate Change Act 2008, and whether the adoption of the Heat and Buildings Strategy has meant that the SoS has breached the Equality Act 2010 (FoE’s Claim). Whether the SoS’s adoption of the Net Zero Strategy did not discharge his duties under the Climate Change Act 2008, and whether these duties had been interpreted compatibly with human rights obligations (ClientEarth’s and the Good Law Project’s claims).
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R. v Brown (Extinction Rebellion protest, London City Airport)

At issue: Whether choosing to prosecute an XR protester for the offense of public nuisance was an abuse of process where alternative statutory offenses were available.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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Advertising Standards Authority’s Ruling on Shell UK Ltd.’s Shell Go+ Campaign

At issue: Whether Shell UK’s advertising claim to “drive carbon-neutral” was misleading to consumers.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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R (Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group & Others) v. Surrey County Council (& Others)

At issue: Whether the UK regulations require EIAs for fossil fuel production to assess the scope 3/ end-use GHG emissions arising from these developments.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Ewan McGaughey et al v. Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited

At issue: Whether the investments in fossil fuels by a large pension fund in the UK breach the directors’ fiduciary duties and duties towards contributors of the pension fund.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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ASA Ruling on Ryanair Ltd t/a Ryanair Ltd

At issue: Whether an advertising on emissions from an airline was misleading.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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