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Permission for housing on sports ground ruled unlawful

Leeds City Council’s decision to grant outline planning permission for housing on a community sports field has been ruled unlawful by a High Court judge for a second time today, Wednesday 6 July, 2022. The judgment quashes the permission and means the council must think...

Media advisory – Molly Russell pre-inquest review hearing, Monday 11 July 2022

A pre-inquest review (PIR) hearing in relation to the death of Molly Russell will be held on Monday 11 July 2022 from 1pm at North London Coroners Court, 29 Wood Street, Chipping Barnet, London. Interested Persons will appear remotely. Fourteen-year-old Molly, from Harrow in London, viewed material online and...

Preliminary issues trial in campesinos’ case against oil company Amerisur

The High Court in London will hear a preliminary issues trial between 11 and 15 July 2022 regarding the case brought by 171 individuals, mainly small-scale farmers and their families (known as campesinos), against Amerisur Resources Limited. Amerisur is owned by Geopark, a large oil and...

Campaigners call on Tesco to save River Wye from serious ecological damage

River pollution campaigners have called on to insist on urgently raised standards among poultry and egg producers in the Wye Valley where the river is in a state of ecological decline. River Action believes the supermarket giant holds the key to saving the River Wye...

Afghan journalists granted permission for judicial review of delays in ARAP decision-making

A group of journalists who applied for urgent relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) when the Taliban seized Kabul and the British army joined in the US airlift last August have been granted permission to present their case...

Support charities welcome start of COVID-19 public inquiry

Organisations representing people needing care and support have welcomed the Prime Minister’s acceptance of changes to the Terms of Reference for the public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic to look at the effect on the human rights of vulnerable people within the health and...