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Category Archives: Environment	January 10, 2013 by David Hart QC	Comity of nations? US ban on US airlines complying with EU emissions law
One of the stranger and bolder pieces of US legislation slipped into force in November 2012 – The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 - sic. This enables the US Secretary of Transportation to prohibit US airlines from complying with EU rules. Those EU rules apply to all airliners which touch down or take off in the EU, and requires them to participate in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme – designed progressively to limit carbon emissions from aviation via a cap and trade mechanism. The US Act would be odd enough in its lack of respect for the laws of other countries, had the Act’s beneficiaries (the US airlines) not sought to challenge the legality of the EU measure in the EU Courts – and failed: see my post on the judgment of the CJEU. As will be seen, the EU Court expressly rejected claims (by US airlines) that the rules had extra-territorial effect and conflicted with international aviation conventions. Hence, the scheme was lawfully applicable to US airlines – just as to those of all other countries using EU airports.
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Environment, European, In the news, International	| Tagged emissions trading, eu law, ICAO, US aviation	| 2 Comments
November 27, 2012 by David Hart QC	Habitats: how to stop death by a thousand cuts
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Case comments, Environment, European	| Tagged conservation, habitats, limestone pavements	| 5 Comments
October 25, 2012 by David Hart QC	Prohibitive costs – further thoughts
R (Edwards & another) v. Environment Agency, Opinion of A-G Kokott, CJEU, 18 October 2012, read opinion
In my post of yesterday, about this opinion of the Adocate-General, I set out the context in which the Supreme Court was asking for guidance from the CJEU on how to provide for costs in environmental cases, given that the UK is committed by Treaty obligations (the Aarhus Convention) and specific provisions of EU law to ensure that environmental cases are not “prohibitively expensive.”
As I put it, the first and obvious question is – prohibitive to whom? No litigation may be prohibitively expensive to Roman Abramovich. Any costs liability may deter someone on state benefits.
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case comments, Costs and Procedure, Environment, European, In the news	| 1 Comment
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case comments, Costs and Procedure, Environment, European, In the news, International	| Tagged Aarhus, Aarhus Convention, Access to justice, costs, environmental justice, need for legal aid	| 1 Comment
October 19, 2012 by David Hart QC	Standing and discretion – who acts for ospreys?
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case comments, Environment, European, Scotland	| Tagged discretion to quash, do trees have rights?, evironmental assessment, Standing	| 1 Comment
October 18, 2012 by 1 Crown Office Row	The revolving door of EU criminal justice – Jodie Blackstock
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Criminal, Environment, In the news, Politics / Public Order	| Tagged EU criminal Law opt out, european arrest warrant, Politics	| 4 Comments
September 28, 2012 by David Hart QC	All about killing badgers
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Case comments, Environment, In the news	| Tagged animal culls, badgers, nature conservation	| 3 Comments
September 25, 2012 by David Hart QC	The Erika: Cour de Cassation finds against Total, big time.
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Case comments, Environment, European, In the news, International	| Tagged erika, marine environmental law, oil spill, shipwreck	| 1 Comment
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 3 | Torture / Inhumane Treatment, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case comments, Environment, European, Freedom of Information, International, Protocol 1 Art. 1 | Peaceful enjoyment of property	| Tagged chagos, diego garcia, environmental information, foreign office, freedom of information, Wikileaks	| 1 Comment
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Costs and Procedure, Damages, Environment, European, Features, In the news, International	| Tagged breach of Article 6(1), EU Charter, European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Justice, exhaustion of domestic remedies, lisbon treaty, Standing	| 13 Comments
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 2 | Right to life, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Environment, Features, In the news	| Tagged environmental rights, pollution, should trees have rights, south african constitution	| 2 Comments
August 15, 2012 by David Hart QC	A coach and Aarhus through the planning system? Third party rights under scrutiny
The Geneva-based Aarhus Compliance Committee is considering a wide-ranging pair of challenges to the planning system claiming that it does not comply with the Aarhus Convention on Environmental Matters. The Committee (ACC) heard oral submissions on 27 June 2012, and on 12 August received what should be the last of the written submissions of the parties. A decision may emerge before the end of the year, but there is so much interesting material in the papers before the Committee (for which see this and this link) which is worth having a look at.
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case law, Costs and Procedure, Environment, European, In the news	| Tagged Aarhus Convention, environmental justice, planning system, third party appeals	July 13, 2012 by David Hart QC	Locals’ Olympic missile site challenge rejected
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case comments, Case law, Environment, In the news, Margin of Appreciation, Protocol 1 Art. 1 | Peaceful enjoyment of property, Terrorism	| Tagged missiles, olympics, prerogative powers, terrorist threat	| 9 Comments
July 4, 2012 by Rosalind English	Hunting, animals, and the evolving landscape of rights
“Mindful also of its responsibility toward future generations, the State shall protect the natural foundations of life and animals through legislation…” Continue reading →
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, Case comments, Environment, European, In the news, Margin of Appreciation, Property, Protocol 1 Art. 1 | Peaceful enjoyment of property	| Tagged animal welfare, Animals, conscience, conscientious objection, human rights, hunting	July 3, 2012 by David Hart QC	When the EU implements Aarhus against itself, oh, how minimally it does it.
Share:EmailShare on TumblrDigg Pin ItLike this:Like Loading...	Posted in Environment, European, Features, Freedom of Information	| Tagged Aarhus Convention, eu courts, EU transparency, standing rules	| 6 Comments
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