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Heathrow wins Supreme Court challenge for third runway Updated / Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 12:32 UK government's decision to give the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow has been fought over in the courts Britain's top court has given the go-ahead to the expansion of Heathrow Airport, allowing the £14 billion plan to proceed after decades of legal battles and political wrangling. The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous court decision that had blocked the plan on environmental grounds. Heathrow, Britain's biggest airport, is keen to proceed despite the plunge in air traffic during th...

The Supreme Court will approve Heathrow's new runway, a lawyer has claimed ahead of the judge's ruling tomorrow. A panel of five justices at the UK's highest court are set to allow Heathrow Airport to expand by building a third runway, according to Tim Crosland, a lawyer involved in the campaign against the plans. The judges are due to rule on the case at 9.45am tomorrow but Mr Crosland decided to break a legal embargo 'as an act of civil disobedience'.  The plans were declared unlawful on environmental grounds by the Court of Appeal in February and in October the Supreme Court heard a chall...