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By Jemma Slingo2020-12-16T11:34:00+00:00 A barrister is to be referred to the attorney general for contempt of court after he leaked the Supreme Court’s decision about Heathrow’s third runway a day before judgment was delivered. Tim Crosland, a barrister and director of eco-charity Plan B Earth, said he broke the court’s embargo as ‘an act of civil disobedience’. In a statement published yesterday, he said the leak ‘will be treated as a “contempt of court” and I am ready to face the consequences. I have no choice but to protest the deep immorality of the court’s ruling’.

By Press Association 2021 Planes at Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport has won a Supreme Court challenge over the Government’s decision to give the go-ahead for a third runway. Three leading judges concluded in February that former transport secretary Chris Grayling failed to take account of the Government’s commitments to tackling climate change when setting out support for the project in an Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS). Lords Justice Lindblom, Singh and Haddon-Cave said the ANPS was unlawful because Mr Grayling failed t...

Share Photo Credit: Panhard The Supreme Court has today accepted an appeal by Heathrow Airport against a February 2020 decision to ban the development of a third runway on environmental grounds. The decision to develop a third runway at Heathrow, driven by the airport being effectively full and a lack of capacity elsewhere in the south east of the UK, dates back to 2015. In that year, the Airports Commission under Howard Davies recommended the option of an additional runway at the airport ahead of other options to increase airport capacity in the region. The UK’s then secret...

Heathrow Airport: Supreme Court gives go-ahead for third runway, despite climate campaigns The Supreme Court has decided to allow the Heathrow Airport expansion, despite the fact that the Court of Appeal ruled it unlawful on climate grounds earlier this year. Pictured: An artist's impression of the expanded airport from above One of the lawyers fighting against the expansion, Tim Crosland of Plan B Earth, released a statement on Twitter late on Tuesday (15 December) revealing the decision. He broke the Supreme Court’s embargo on the decision, set for this morning (16 December) calling his d...

Image: Shutterstock The controversial project was previously blocked by the Court of Appeal, who concluded it conflicted with climate goals following a case brought by environmental groups including Friends of the Earth. The Supreme Court has now ruled Heathrow Airport’s strategy was based on older, less ambitious climate targets at the time it was agreed and has decided it can now seek planning permission for the runway. Heathrow Airport still needs to face a public enquiry of the case for expansion and win approval from government before construction can go ahead. Tim Crosland, Director ...