United Kingdom

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

[2020] EWCA Civ 214

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year2020

Statusunclear

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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