Lappel Bank

R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment exp. RSPB

Transcript information
Transcript Date: 
09/02/1995
Court of First Instance: 
House of Lords
Label: 
Interim judgment
Judge(s): 
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle

R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment exp. RSPB

Transcript information
Transcript Date: 
21/03/1996
Court of First Instance: 
European Court of Justice
Label: 
Advocate General's Opinion
Judge(s): 
AG Fennelly

PDF file of AG's Opinion in this case that went on to win in the European Court of Justice and then House of Lords is attached

Bye Bye, Bank Birds

Date: 
21/02/1995
Source: 
Times
Author: 
Richard Buxton

When environmental groups go to court, they face two handicaps: fear of the cost, and something in the judicial psyche that cannot conceive of nature being superior to economic interests.

R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment exp. RSPB

Transcript information
Transcript Date: 
11/07/1996
Court of First Instance: 
European Court of Justice
Label: 
Substantive
Judge(s): 
G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, President, D.A.O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet and G. Hirsch (Presidents of Chambers), G.F. Mancini, J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, P.J.G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann (Rapporteur), J.L. Murray, P. Jann and M. Wathelet, Judges

Judgment of the Court of 11 July 1996.

Regina v Secretary of State for the Environment, ex parte: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment exp. RSPB

Transcript information
Transcript Date: 
18/08/1994
Court of First Instance: 
Court of Appeal
Label: 
Substantive
Judge(s): 
Steyn, Hirst, Hoffmann LJJ

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE FC3 94/6349/D

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, DIVISIONAL COURT