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In its recent decision in R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd and others) v Heathrow Airport Ltd, the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal s decision that the planned expansion of Heathrow Airport was unlawful on climate change grounds, and determined that the UK Government had taken proper account of the UK s climate change commitments.
Background
Heathrow Airport ) longstanding plans to develop a third runway through the Airports National Policy Statement (
ANPS ), which had been designated by the Secretary of State for Transport (
SoS ) under section 5 of the Planning Act 2008 (
By Jemma Slingo2021-01-07T13:05:00+00:00
The attorney general has begun an investigation into the barrister who
broke the embargo on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Heathrow Airport last month.
Tim Crosland, a barrister and director of eco-charity Plan B Earth, has seven days to provide representations to law officers in the attorney general’s office. Plan B Earth is also being investigated for contempt of court.
Crosland, who represented Plan B Earth in Heathrow’s Supreme Court appeal, said he leaked the judgment about the third runway as an act of ‘civil disobedience’. If found to be in contempt of court, he could be sent to prison for up to two years.
Climate change ban on Grimshaw s Heathrow airport expansion reversed
A new runway for London s Heathrow airport designed by architecture firm Grimshaw could go ahead after a ruling against it was overturned by the UK s top court.
The third runway at Heathrow was blocked in a landmark case earlier this year, when the court of appeal agreed that expanding the airport would jeopardise the country s commitment to the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.
Supreme court overturns ruling
However on 16 December 2020, the supreme court overturned the decision, allowing Grimshaw s £14 billion expansion to proceed. International treaties are binding only as a matter of international law and do not have an effect in domestic law, ruled the judges.
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