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CPRC: no need yet for new privacy rule on costs in environmental cases
Wednesday, 22 November 2017There is no immediate need for the Civil Procedure Rule Committee to introduce a new privacy rule for certain costs issues in environmental cases as it could conflict with its open justice review, it has decided. It was responding to a High Court ruling that said hearings about costs protection limits should be held in private.
Tags: Aarhus Convention, costs caps, environmental law, judicial review
Posted in News, Procedure
High Court fast-tracks challenge to environmental costs reforms
Monday, 24 April 2017The High Court has fast-tracked a judicial review brought by three charities challenging the new costs regime for cases involving the environment. Mr Justice Dove also capped the liabilities of legal environmental pressure group ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth and the RSPB at a total of £10,000.
Tags: Aarhus Convention, environmental law
Posted in Costs, News
MoJ costs plans would “deter legitimate environmental challenges”, Bar Council warns
Thursday, 24 December 2015Plans by the Ministry of Justice to rewrite the costs rules for environmental judicial reviews in favour of defendants have been strongly criticised by the Bar Council, which said the ministry recognised that they could have a “stifling effect”.
Tags: Bar Council, environmental law, judicial review
Posted in News, Uncategorized
MoJ consults on costs protection in environmental litigation
Monday, 21 September 2015The government has launched a consultation on steps to bring the UK into line with recent judgments of the European Court of Justice on costs protection in certain environmental challenges. It is required to ensure that environmental legal proceedings are “not prohibitively expensive”.
Tags: costs protection, environmental law, European Court of Justice
Posted in Costs, News
European court opinion ratchets up pressure on UK over costs of environmental actions
Monday, 22 October 2012The European Court of Justice is likely to take a hard line against the UK over the high costs of legal action in environmental cases, following advice given to the court last week, it has been claimed.
Tags: environmental law
Posted in General, News
Government to introduce fixed recoverable costs regime for environmental JRs
Friday, 31 August 2012A fixed recoverable costs regime is to be introduced for environmental judicial review claims, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Individual claimants will have to pay no more than £5,000 in adverse costs.
Tags: costs capping, environmental law, fixed recoverable costs, judicial review, one-way costs-shifting
Posted in General, News