IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE FC3 98/5692/4

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON RENEWAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

CROWN OFFICE LIST Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London WC2

Friday, 8th May 1998

B e f o r e :

LORD JUSTICE NOURSE

LORD JUSTICE PILL and

LORD JUSTICE MUMMERY

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IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

R E G I N A

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(1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

TRANSPORT AND REGIONS