Articles | Richard Buxton Solicitors

Date	Matter	Title	Source	Author
02/11/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Alton Towers fined £5,000 after couple's battle for a peaceful life	Independent	Matthew Cooper
24/03/2007	Roper - Alton Towers	Alton Towers noise appeal fails	Independent	Mike Taylor
22/12/2005	Condron - Ffos- y-fran mine	Anger as judge stops opencast mine scheme	Western Mail	Martin Shipton
20/09/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Appeal judges give 'major boost' to claimants in environmental cases	Solicitor's Journal
04/08/2010	Friends of Hethel Ltd JR	Appeal judges quash "unusual" wind farm decision	Solicitor's Journal
07/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Balancing nature of countryside with needs of industry	Sentinel
02/10/2006	Ballard	Battle to save Victorian schools from bulldozers	Daily Telegraph	Catriona Davies
25/06/2009	SAVE - Clarence Street, Bolton	BREAKING NEWS: Council pull out of Centros planning inquiry	Lancaster Guardian	N/A
04/02/2009	Buglife	Bugged out	Guardian - Eco-soundings	John Vidal
16/04/2008	Buglife	Buglife protesters stamp on Royal Mail's green credentials	The Times	Hannah Fletcher
21/02/1995	Lappel Bank	Bye Bye, Bank Birds	Times	Richard Buxton
22/12/2005	Condron - Ffos- y-fran mine	Campaign group ecstatic	Merthyr Express	Catherine Evans
07/05/2009	Peavehaven STW	Campaigners lose fight against sewage works	Sussex Express
20/03/2009	White City	Can Westfield beat the crunch?	Evening Standard	David Cohen
25/06/2009	SAVE - Clarence Street, Bolton	Centros inquiry comes to halt	Lakeland Echo	N/A
09/02/2000	Huddleston	Challenge to ruling on quarry operations	Northern Echo	Bessie Robinson
17/11/2009	LNG Milford Haven	Clarification sought over LNG safety measures	Western Mail - Walesonline News	Martin Shipton
21/12/2006	Woodrow - Kings Cross	Cleared: Cllr Brian Woodrow	Camden New Journal	Richard Osley
29/01/2004	Chalillo Dam, Belize	Commentary	Environmental Law Reports
13/02/2009	Watson - Croft Circuit	Consent ruled no defence against nuisance claims	Planning	Douglas Wass & Jonathan Pratt
29/07/2010	Mageean, Dan	Cornish wind turbine permission quashed by High Court	BBC News website
21/10/2004	Burkett	Costs ruling hits lawyers' pockets	Law Society Gazette
07/08/2008	Mills-Owens - solicitors costs on statutory appeal	Costs warning to solicitors over terminating retainers	Law Society Gazette	Neil Rose
14/06/2006	Haynes - pet fairs	Council 'sick as a parrot'	Press Association
16/11/2004	Wall - Brighton development	Council must give planning reasons	Times
12/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Council noise officer 'misled' judge	Environmental Health News	Will Hatchett
25/06/2009	SAVE - Clarence Street, Bolton	Council quits Lancaster inquiry	Planning Resource	Michael Donnelly
05/05/2004	Brierley Court Strawberries	Council steps back from action	This is Herefordshire
09/09/2010	LNG Milford Haven	Councillors disagree with port chief LNG risk documents	Milford Mercury
12/07/2012	Joicey	County loses Judicial Review	Noise Bulletin
04/07/2011	Davis	Couple challenge wind farm over sleepless nights	The Times	Ben Webster
30/11/2011	Davis	Couple settle with wind farm operators over 'unbearable hum'	The Telegraph
20/04/2010	Davis	Couple sue for £380k after being driven out of home by noise from wind turbines	Daily Mail	Andrew Levy
28/01/2009	Buglife	Court approves destruction of marshes and its protected wildlife	Buglife	Jamie Roberts, Conservation Projects Manager
01/02/2007	England - Suttons Wharf	Court of Appeal takes the initiative on costs and Aarhus Convention	ENDS Report	Richard Macrory
26/05/2011	SAVE v Gateshead (Pathfinder)	Court rules demolition of homes in Gateshead was unlawful
25/03/2011	SAVE - Mitchell's Brewery	Court ruling means planning permission needed for major building demolition	Property Week	Richard Heap
20/05/2005	Norris	Court supports bypass land purchase order	Planning
05/10/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Court victory over WWII war grave	BBC News
11/11/2008	Buglife	Courts must “do their utmost” to discourage satellite costs litigation	Solicitors Journal
20/01/2006	LNG Milford Haven	Crickhowell Slams Port Authority For Serious Breaches	BBC 4 Today	Steve Adams
26/01/2009	Watson - Croft Circuit	Croft Circuit - Court of Appeal Injuction Against Noisy Racing Circuit	Press Statement	Paul Stookes
10/03/2009	Morgan and Baker - Hinton Organics	Curb on "prohibitively expensive" litigation costs must await Jackson review, appeal judge says	Solicitors Journal
05/10/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Daughters win round two	Hastings Observer
19/04/2011	SAVE - Mitchell's Brewery	Demolition a project requiring consent	The Times
19/04/2011	SAVE - Mitchell's Brewery	Demolition a project requiring consent	The Times
12/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Did Staffs council confuse priorities?	Environmental Health News	Editorial
01/09/2004	Fisher - stone curlews	Does the classification of a site as an SPA inevitably mean that it must be designated as an SSI?	JPL
23/10/2008	White City	Does the £1.6bn Westfield shopping centre spell doom for small shops?	Evening Standard	Andrew Gilligan
15/04/2013	Rugby Cement	ECJ ramps up pressure on government over costs in environmental cases	Litigation Futures	Neil Rose
04/08/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Elmbridge Council told to "swallow pride" and scrap Jolly Boatman development	Surrey Comet	Jonathan Portlock
04/08/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Embridge Council - Viability Information	Private Eye
02/12/2011	Davis	End at last in wind farm noise battle	Daily Telegraph	Louise Gray
31/07/2012	General	Environment Update	Solicitor's Journal	Adrienne Copithorne
30/10/2012	General	Environment Update	Solicitor's Journal	Adrienne Copithorne
07/12/2006	Barker - Crystal Palace	Environmental impact assessment required	Times Law Report
24/05/2010	Ashton - Doon Street	Failure to object foils tower challenge
12/07/2010	Armistead Wind Turbines	Farming couple lose wind farm court battle	Court correspondent, PlanningResource
02/11/2004	Wall - Brighton development	Flats error costs £30,000	Argus (Brighton)	Brendan Montague
30/01/2004	Chalillo Dam, Belize	Fortis gets green light: Privy Council backs Belize dam project	National Post (Canada)	Elisabeth Mistry
11/04/2007	Ware - Cilfrew AGI	Fresh planning row hits pipeline	BBC News
02/02/2011	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Garner considers appeal over Hampton Court development	Solicitor's Journal
06/06/2011	SAVE v Gateshead (Pathfinder)	Gateshead Council faces legal bill after pathfinder demolitions ruled unlawful	Planning Magazine	Michael Donnelly
24/02/2011	Bateman - Camgrain	Grain store decision flawed, says judge	Cambridge News
11/03/2000	Huddleston	Green audit loophole on reactivated mines closed	Planning Magazine
23/06/2000	General	Green for Stop	Property Week	Giles Barrie
28/03/2011	SAVE - Mitchell's Brewery	Heritage charity hails Court of Appeal ruling on demolitions	Local Government Lawyer	Philip Hoult
13/07/2010	Armistead Wind Turbines	High Court backs Kendal wind farm	Solicitor's Journal
25/06/2004	Higher Darracott Windfarm	High court battle to block windfarm plan	Western Morning News (Plymouth)
12/07/2006	Haynes - pet fairs	High Court ends 23 years of uncertainty over pet markets ban	Monckton Chambers
04/02/2011	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	High Court Rules in Favour of Boatman Development	Surrey Advertiser
10/12/2009	SAVE - Mitchell's Brewery	High Court Ruling halts Mitchell's demolition	Lakeland Echo	Nigel Slater
08/03/2007	Lots Road	High-rise Chelsea	Evening Standard
01/03/2012	Heard	Homes plans halted by challenge	Eastern Daily Press	Dan Grimmer
29/10/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Hotel 'could wreck views of Hampton Court'	The Daily Telegraph	Andy Bloxham
16/11/2009	LNG Milford Haven	Human rights court seeks answers on gas site risks	The Guardian	Steven Morris
08/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	I'll never go back to Alton Towers	Sunday Times	Miranda Seymour
03/12/2004	Dowmunt	Inadequate reasons scupper housing rejection	Planning
08/02/2005	Manning	Increased parachute jumping held lawful	Planning
10/02/2009	LNG Milford Haven	Independent report inflames Milford Haven LNG safety row	Western Telegraph
22/12/2006	Woodrow - Kings Cross	Innocent councillor tells of his court fight	Ham & High	Kate Davies
20/10/2004	Burkett	Interim costs depend on final result of case	Times
16/02/2010	Lymington RA - Wightlink ferry	Isle of Wight ferries continue after 'unlawful' ruling	BBC News Online	BBC News
02/11/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Judge calls halt to screaming at Alton Towers	Daily Telegraph	Nick Britten
23/05/2008	Heathrow Night Flights	Judge rejects night flight appeal	Richmond and Twickenham Times	Chris Wickham
17/09/2009	Doon Street Tower	Judge upholds tower block ruling	BBC News online	BBC News
20/01/2006	LNG Milford Haven	Judgement awaited over gas scheme	BBC News
09/05/2006	Barker - Crystal Palace	Landmark environmental decision gives property developers 'headache'	Times Online	Michael Herman
14/06/2006	Haynes - pet fairs	Landmark legal victory spells the end for UK wildlife markets	Animal Protection Agency
02/11/2008	SAVE - Clarence Street, Bolton	Last-ditch bid to save historic building	Bolton News	Julian Thorpe
16/04/2008	Rugby Cement	Law lords blast top solicitor for abuse of process	Solicitors Journal
30/01/2007	General	Lawyer of the week: Susan Ring	Times	Linda Tsang
03/05/2009	General	Lawyer takes wind out of turbine sails	The Observer	Terry Macalister
06/11/2008	SAVE - Clarence Street, Bolton	Legal fight over future of landmark	Bolton News	Julian Thorpe
06/08/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Legal victory protects Jolly Boatman campaigner	Surrey Advertiser	Oliver Florence
07/02/2006	Condron - Ffos- y-fran mine	Legislation update	Times	Stephen Cragg
10/06/2008	Heathrow Night Flights	London Airport: An International Oasis in Outer Suburbia	The Autocar, 10 June 1955
14/01/2013	Cherkley Court	Lord Beaverbrook's Estate in £60 million planning battle	Daily Express	John Ingham
06/07/2009	Friends of Hethel Ltd JR	Lotus turbine protesters' court victory	Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury	N/A
10/02/2009	LNG Milford Haven	Milford Haven LNG safety row	Western Mail	Martin Shipton
02/01/2011	Save Liverpool	Minister tries to save Ringo Starr's former home	BBC News Liverpool
30/03/2007	Ware - Cilfrew AGI	More disruption for gas pipeline	BBC News
23/10/2003	Phillips	Mother's victory over 'danger' phone mast	Daily Mail	Peter Allen
24/05/2008	Heathrow Night Flights	Night flight councils lose battle	BBC News
01/08/2003	Heathrow Night Flights	Night flight fight to go on	Airline Business	Colin Baker
03/06/2005	Chisnell	No to extension at 173 Whitton Road	Twickenham Journal
21/07/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Noise row documents were withheld - claim	Sentinel (Stoke)	Sentinel reporter
10/11/2006	Ballard	Nooks and Corners	Private Eye	Piloti
16/02/2011	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Nooks and Corners	Private Eye
09/06/2012	Joicey	Northumberland wind turbines	The Journal	Brian Daniel
01/12/2003	Dennis - RAF Wittering	Nuisance and the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher	Lunney & Oliphant - 'Tort Law: Text & Materials' 2nd ed
05/03/2012	Lawrence	Nuisance ruling to create 'massive burden' for councils	Solicitors Journal
03/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Oblivion a thrill too far for Alton Towers	Guardian	David Ward
17/02/2008	Chalillo Dam, Belize	Of Crime and the River	New York Times Book Review	Elizabeth Royte
13/12/2009	Hulme - Denbrook Valley wind farm	Officials cover up wind farm noise report	The Sunday Times	Jonathan Leake and Harry Byford
11/03/2010	Mills-Owens - solicitors costs on statutory appeal	Once more into the breach	Law Society Gazette	Richard Buxton
28/01/2009	SAVE - Barford Granary	Out and About - SAVE restoration party	Country Life	Mark Fairhurst (photos)
07/11/2006	Takeley - Stansted blight	Parish takes airport fight to High Court	East Anglian Daily Times	Roddy Ashworth
03/11/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Pass Notes	Guardian
27/05/2009	Peacehaven STW	Peacehaven battles to save the South Downs	Guardian.co.uk	Jon Robins and Shehani Fernando
24/04/2009	Thornhill - Scrapyard nuisance	Pensioner power: Great-gran wins £25k payout in court battle with noisy neighbours	Cambridge News	Jack Grove
18/11/2004	Dennis - silage clamp	Planners told to think again	Kent and Essex Courier
23/10/2003	Phillips	Pregnant mother wins right to get mobile phone mast moved	Independent	John Aston
30/12/2010	Rugby Cement	Protestors may not have to pay £88,000 legal bill	Rugby Today	Pete Horton
01/07/2006	Rugby Cement	Public bodies' duty to counsult on internal advice: the limits of the Bushell doctrine	Monckton Chambers
03/02/2009	Buglife	Rare insect site can be developed	Solicitors Journal
06/05/2010	Street	Resident launches legal fight over Cardiff Bay balloon	BBC News
09/07/2003	Heathrow Night Flights	Residents lose fight over Heathrow night flights	Times	Ben Webster
04/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Residents welcome news	IC Birmingham
25/11/2004	Chalillo Dam, Belize	Resolution on the Protection of the Macal River Valley in Belize	IUCN
18/11/2003	General	Richard Buxton - Lawyer of the Week	Times	Linda Tsang
14/10/2005	Woodrow - Kings Cross	Rotten Boroughs	Private Eye
02/04/2009	Eaton - Tower Hamlets	Rotten Borroughs: Tesco Towers	Private Eye	Issue No. 1233
25/09/2007	Parham Wind Farm	Row over bigger turbine blades	East Anglian Daily Times
12/01/2009	LNG Milford Haven	Safe Haven group speak out again on LNG safety worries	Western Mail	Martin Shipton
15/06/2008	Quarry Observation Group - North Park Farm Quarry	Sand in the Eye	Private Eye	Rotten Boroughs
19/09/2012	SAVE - HMR transition decision	SAVE Pathfinder Victory Press Release
03/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Saved from Oblivion	Daily Telegraph	Nigel Bunyan
24/04/2009	Thornhill - Scrapyard nuisance	Scrapyard shut down as widow wins peace action	Cambridge News Online	Jack Grove
25/11/2004	Burkett	Setting off a battle for costs	Law Society Gazette	Stephen Gerlis
07/01/2007	Barker - Crystal Palace	Single mother beats the developers	Observer	Anushka Asthana
14/12/2005	Fogg - SS Storaa	Sisters win battle over war grave	Times	Simon de Bruxelles
06/10/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Sisters win court battle over father's war grave	Times	Helen Nugent
05/10/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Sisters' court victory over father's war grave	Daily Mail
04/06/2010	Mills-Owens - solicitors costs on statutory appeal	Solicitor can withdraw	The Times	Court of Appeal
12/08/2008	Mills-Owens - solicitors costs on statutory appeal	Solicitors must represent clients who reject advice, High Court rules	Solicitors Journal
17/03/2011	Lawrence	Speedway prompts damages	Noise Bulletin Feb/March 2011 Issue 50
12/04/2008	Buglife	Stamps showcase the beauty of our endangered butterflies and beetles	Independent	Michael McCarthy
01/07/2010	Garner - Hampton Court Palace	Strongly held view of Hampton Court	London Evening Standard	Nick Curtis
07/08/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Suffering in silence on the ride to Oblivion	Daily Telegraph	Sam Leith
15/12/2010	Rugby Cement	Supreme Court clears the way for cheaper environmental litigation	Solicitor's Journal
18/02/2005	Catt	Temporary consent for football use quashed	Planning
18/05/2009	General	The EIA Directive - wide scope and broad purpose	The Environmentalist	Dr Paul Stookes
01/08/2008	Rugby Cement	The HL decision in R(Edwards) v. Environment Agency: a divided court	Journal of Planning and Environmental Law
23/11/2004	Davies - TETRA	The mast crusaders	Independent	Terry Kirby
19/12/2006	Barker - Crystal Palace	The single mum who changed the law of the land	South London Press	Zara Bishop
14/08/2008	Morgan and Baker - Hinton Organics	The smell hits the back of your throat and brings tears to the eyes	The Times	Jon Robins
08/07/2007	Wells - Presall Sands	The strange case of the Morecambe Bay racers	Observer	Jon Robins
23/03/2007	Roper - Alton Towers	Theme park allowed to make noise	BBC News
02/11/2004	Roper - Alton Towers	Theme Park Fined after Couple's 'Noise Nightmare' Battle	Scotsman	Matthew Cooper
18/12/2011	Davis	Thousands at risk of turbine hum	The Sunday Times	David Derbyshire
11/07/2008	Buglife	Thurrock Royal Mail Centre Awaits Final Approval	Hellmail - Postal Industry News	David Lynch
13/04/2011	General	UK taken to court over the “prohibitive expense” of challenges to environmental projects	MRW	Philip Reynolds
11/05/2006	Barker - Crystal Palace	UK's environmental assessment regime ruled out of court by EU	Planning Portal	Rogen Milne
10/04/2007	Ware - Cilfrew AGI	UK's Nat Grid calls force majeure on gas pipe	Reuters
04/07/2010	Wye Valley	Valley hailed by Wordsworth at centre of row over polytunnels	The Observer	Jamie Doward
21/12/2005	Condron - Ffos- y-fran mine	Victory for opencast protesters	BBC News
03/03/2008	Parham Wind Farm	Villagers claim victory in wind farm fight	East Anglian Daily Times
08/04/2005	Fogg - SS Storaa	War grave sisters win latest battle in court	Daily Telegraph	Catriona Davies
29/10/2006	General	What if it's in your back yard?	Observer	Jon Robins
25/08/1998	Trishaws	When is a trishaw a taxi?	Times	Richard Buxton
28/01/2005	Brighton & Hove Stadium	When is planning permission not planning permission?	Brighton Argus	Richard Lindfield
20/03/2009	LNG Milford Haven	When the ship comes in	The Guardian	John Harris
18/08/2001	Malster	Whistle blown on stadium row	East Anglian Daily Times
16/09/2009	Davis	Wind Farm battle to go to High Court	Telegraph	Louise Gray
01/03/2007	General	Wind Farm consent quashed over noise condition technicality	Planning Portal
17/07/2012	Davis	Wind farm noise and private nuisance: a return to common sense	Journal of Planning & Environment Law	Susan Ring, Barbara Webb
13/12/2009	Hulme - Denbrook Valley wind farm	Wind turbine noise warnings were dismissed by civil servants	Telegraph	Alastair Jamieson
06/10/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Wreck of merchant ship can be war grave, say judges	Guardian	Clare Dyer and Martin Wainwright
18/11/2006	Fogg - SS Storaa	Wrecks may get war grave status	Times	Helen Nugent
17/04/2003	Dennis - RAF Wittering	£1m payout over country house idyll ruined by the scream of Harrier jets: no one should have to endure this, rules judge	Guardian	Jeevan Vasagar
30/01/2004	Chalillo Dam, Belize	£20m dam in Belize backed by Privy Council	Daily Telegraph	Elizabeth Mistry