United Kingdom Archives - Climate Change Litigation

69 Cases found

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: