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80 Cases found

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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ClientEarth v Board of Directors of Shell

At issue: Holding the Board of Directors of Shell Liable under the UK Companies Act s.172 and 174. ClientEarth UK are arguing that the board has not implemented a climate strategy that is in keeping with the Paris Agreement goal.
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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Greenpeace v. United Kingdom

At issue: Whether the drilling permit in the North Sea Vorlich project properly considered climate impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Scotland
      • Court of Sessions
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West Cumbria Mining v. Cumbria County Council

At issue: Whether Cumbria County Council acted lawfully in referring a decision on a planning application for a new coal mine to committee for a fourth time
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Bennett v. Cumbria County Council

At issue: Whether the grant of permission for a new coal mine by Cumbria County Council was lawful
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R (oao Cox & Others) v Oil and Gas Authority & Others (“Paid to Pollute case”)

At issue: Whether the UK Oil and Gas Authority's new strategy is unlawful
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R v. Bramwell et al (“The Shell Six case”)

At issue: Whether extinction rebellion protestors who caused damage to Shell's headquarters to protest the environmental damage caused by the company should be convicted of criminal damage.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Crown Courts
        • Southwark Criminal Court
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Attorney General v. Crosland

At issue: Whether a barrister who breached a Supreme Court embargo by publishing the outcome of a case 24 hours early should be held in criminal contempt of court.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
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Plan B Earth and Others v. Prime Minister

At issue: Whether the UK government violated human rights by failing to uphold Paris Agreement commitments.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether the UK government's decision - that its financing of a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique aligned with its climate commitments - breached public law duties.
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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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 suspended and reviewed in light of new, more ambitious climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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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
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