[2013] EWCA Civ 628

No opinion was expressed on the arguability of the proposition that, as a result of the decision in Lesoochranarske Zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo Zivotneho Prostredia Slovenskej Republiky (C-240/09) [2012] Q.B. 606, the principles derived from R. (on the application of Corner House Research) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2005] EWCA Civ 192, [2005] 1 W.L.R. 2600, as modified in the case of R. (on the application of Garner) v Elmbridge BC [2010] EWCA Civ 1006, [2011] 3 All E.R. 418, should be applied to applications for costs protection in cases falling within the UN Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 1998 art.9.

CA (Civ Div) (Sullivan LJ)

01/05/2013