26 May 2026
Photo by Woody Wan Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced sweeping reforms to protect offshore wind farms, power stations and other critical clean energy projects from legal challenge, in a move that could significantly accelerate the consenting of new marine renewable infrastructure around the UK’s coastline. Under proposals published by HM Treasury on 20 May, Parliament […]
10 Mar 2026
Photo by M S Premier Marinas has applied for an interim one-year dredging licence for Brighton Marina after its previous ten-year permit was quashed last year following a successful legal challenge over the disposal of sediment within a Marine Conservation Zone. The application, submitted to the Marine Management Organisation on 6 March, opened a 28-day […]
11 Nov 2025
Photo by Mark Bennis Sussex Wildlife Trust has achieved a significant legal victory in its battle to protect the Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) from sediment dumping, after the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) conceded it had failed to properly assess the environmental impacts of a controversial 10-year dredging licence. The High Court […]
02 Sep 2025
Photo by Being Momentx Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a judicial review challenging the Marine Management Organisation’s decision to allow Brighton Marina to dump 100,000 tonnes of dredged sediment annually in a protected marine area for the next decade. Protected area “in name only” The charity argues the decision exposes “inadequate protection given to […]
18 Aug 2020
Alistair Sinclair, national co-ordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) commented that the body is acting “after years of frustration” in dealings with both Holyrood and its Marine Scotland agency. The SCFF has lodged a judicial review of the decision to refuse an application for a fisheries pilot scheme in the Inner Sound of […]
02 Feb 2016
Government fishing policy judicial review verdict – Greenpeace response 18 January, 2016 Greenpeace: Following a recent judicial review which saw Greenpeace challenge the UK Government over its distribution of fishing quota, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE has ruled in the Government’s favour. Responding to the verdict, Greenpeace UK’s Head of Oceans, Will McCallum, said: ‘Low-impact fishing […]
12 Jan 2016
WestBriton ‘ The High Court has ruled in favour of campaigners opposed to the reopening of Dean Quarry near St Keverne. The judge who oversaw a judicial review last month has announced today that planning permission granted by Cornwall Council was unlawful. It means the permission will be quashed. The action group Campaign Against Dean […]
24 Nov 2015
WWF-UK, the Angling Trust & Fish Legal Judicial Review secured a major step forward for the protection of our most important rivers and wetlands. The Judge recognised the need for urgent action to protect these precious places and the wildlife that lives there. As a result of their legal victory today, the Government must evaluate […]
