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--> Edwards & Anor v Environment Agency, FSS & SSEFRA (2006)
Tessa Hetherington and David Wolfe appeared in this case concerning environmental impact assessments, the pollution prevention and control regime and the common law duty of fairness.
--> R (Horvath) v SSEFRA (2006)
Maurice Sheridan appeared for the claimant in this judicial review of judicial review of paragraphs 26 to 28 of the Schedule to the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (England) Regulations 2004 ("the England Regulations").
--> Singapore Batam waste dispute (2005)
Kate Cook and Philippe Sands QC have assisted the Government of the Republic of Singapore in resolving a dispute relating to a shipment of material from Singapore to Indonesia which took place last year.
--> Case C-371/98 R (on the application of First Corporate Shipping) v Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (2000)
The case concerned the conservation of natural habitats and of flora and fauna. The European Court of Justice considered the legal regime applied when defining the boundaries of sites designated as areas of conservation. Philippe Sands QC and Jonathan Marks appeared on behalf of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
--> Georgiou v London Borough of Enfield (2004)
David Wolfe appeared in this case concerning the perception of bias where members of the local planning committee were also members of the Conservation Advisory Group.
--> R (on the application of Edwards) v DEFRA & Ors (2004)
This case concerned the standing to challenge cement kiln authorisation using funding from the Legal Services Commission where no previous objection had been made. David Wolfe appeared.
--> Belize Alliance of Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations v Department of the Environment & Anor (No 2) (2004)
Rabinder Singh QC and David Wolfe appeared in this Privy Council challenge to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a dam in the Belizean rain forest.
--> St Leger-Davey & Anor v First Secretary of State (2004)
David Wolfe appeared in this case concerning obligations to use compulsory purchase powers in relation to alternative sites for a mobile phone mast.
--> Ireland v UK (The MOX Plant Case) (2001)
Provisional measures in the context of the commissioning of the Sellafield MOX facility and the failure of the United Kingdom to co-operate with Ireland. Philippe Sands QC and Alison Macdonald were instructed by the Attorney General of Ireland in this case.
Members of this Group
Dan Brennan QC
Kate Cook
James Crawford SC
Tessa Hetherington
Charlotte Kilroy
Jonathan Marks
Eleni Mitrophanous
Helen Mountfield
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh
Philippe Sands QC
Maurice Sheridan
Jessica Simor
Rabinder Singh QC
Janet Kentridge
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