CO/10756/2006
Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWHC 1883 (Admin)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2A 2LL
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
B e f o r e:
MR JUSTICE BEATSON
Between:
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF ALISON HARDY
Claimant
v
MILFORD HAVEN PORT AUTHORITY
Defendant
SOUTH HOOK LNG TERMINAL COMPANY LTD
1st Interested Party
Case No: C1/2007/1518
Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWCA Civ 1403
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE
COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION, ADMINISTRATICE COURT
(MR JUSTICE BEATSON)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: Friday, 30th November 2007
Before:
LORD JUSTICE TOULSON
and
LORD JUSTICE BUXTON
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Between:
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF HARDY
Appellant
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THE Milford Haven Port Authority has been directly criticised by the former Secretary of State for Wales over the handling of the LNG terminals around the town.
Speaking on BBC Radio Four's Today programme this morning, Lord Crickhowell said the authority had failed in its fundamental duty both to the people of Pembrokeshire and the UK Government.
"There is a very severe breach of its primary responsibility which is to ensure the safety of the port, people and the safety of the whole government energy strategy.
A CAMPAIGN group has renewed safety fears about one of the most controversial energy projects ever to involve Wales ahead of the first delivery of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
From this week, ships carrying LNG will dock at Milford Haven, from where the gas will be piped across the country to Gloucestershire, where it will join the National Grid.
The Safe Haven fought a long, and ultimately unsuccessful battle to stop the project, claiming the safety risk was too high - an allegation rejected by all parties involved in the project, the regulators and the courts.
As the supertanker containing the first ever consignment of liquified natural gas (LNG) nears Milford Haven's newly constructed storage facility, a safety campaign group has released an independent report which, they say, highlights a "black hole" in the safety regulation of LNG marine operations.
