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By Press Association 2021 Tim Crosland contempt of court hearing A lawyer and climate campaigner who revealed the Supreme Court’s decision on Heathrow’s third runway a day before it was made public has said going to jail for contempt of court “is a tiny price to pay to get the truth out there”. Tim Crosland, director of environmental campaigning organisation Plan B Earth, faces jail for breaking an embargo on the court’s judgment allowing Heathrow’s appeal over controversial expansion plans in December. Mr Crosland, who previ...

Article bookmarked Don't show me this message again✕ Tim Crosland speaks to media outside the Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of his hearing for contempt of court (PA) Aclimate campaigner facing jail for breaking an embargo on Heathrow airport court ruling has said prison would be “a tiny price to pay to get the truth out” Tim Crosland, the director of environmental campaigning organisation Plan B Earth, is facing an application from the attorney general to the Supreme Court to be held in contempt of court, which is punishable by up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine.

By Jemma Slingo in the Royal Courts of Justice2021-05-10T15:39:00+01:00 A barrister who broke the embargo on publication of a Tim Crosland, an unregistered barrister, appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice before Supreme Court justices Lord Lloyd Jones, Lord Hamblen and Lord Stephens in proceedings brought by the attorney general. This afternoon the court found Crosland 'in criminal contempt of court for deliberately disclosing the result of a Supreme Court appeal prior to hand down of the judgment'.   Crosland, who represented himself, said he ‘never believed’ he was breaking the ...

By Jemma Slingo in the Royal Courts of Justice2021-05-10T12:49:00+01:00 A barrister who ‘flagrantly defied’ the embargo on a judgment about Heathrow’s third runway today told Supreme Court justices that he 'never believed' he was breaking the law.  Tim Crosland, an unregistered barrister, is appearing in the Royal Courts of Justice before three Supreme Court  justices accused of criminal contempt of court in proceedings brought by the attorney general. In December 2020, Crosland broke the embargo on a Supreme Court judgment about the lawfulness of Heathrow’s third runway.  In h...