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R (Friends of the Earth) v Secretary of State for Transport

[2020] EWCA Civ 214
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2020
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The government's failure to take the Paris Agreement temperature commitments into account when designating the Airports National Policy Statement for Heathrow expansion was unlawful.

Area of Law

environmental

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