Lord Carnwath CVO (S2 E6)

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

Our Very Special Guest this week is Lord Carnwath CVO, former UK Supreme Court Justice, now Associate Member of Landmark Chambers.

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Court Judgments of the Week

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  • McGaw V Welsh Ministers [2020] EWHC 2588 (Admin)  a decision of Judge Jarman about the interpretation & limitations in Class E of the GPDO as it applies in Wales including  whether backfilling land lies outside Class E.
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  • R ( Lochailort Investments Ltd ) V Mendip District Council  [2020] EWHC Civ 1259 a Court of Appeal decision relating to land designated as local green spaces in Norton St Philip Neighbourhood Plan and the lawfulness of Policy 5 governing their development.
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Appeals of the Week  

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  • DCO consent granted on 11 October by SoS for BE&IS for a 97km pipeline between Southampton & London applying a presumption in favour of oil pipelines & where the need for the project outweighed the harm. 
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  • A section 78 appeal decision letter  dated 7th October relating to 128 affordable dwellings on land outside the settlement boundary, off Aviation Lane, Burton on Trent.
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\u201cNudge of the week\u201d and \u201cChampion of the Week\u201d