Judges at the highest court in the land ruled in favour of anti-oil and gas campaigners who argued that a council's decision to approve drilling for oil in Surrey was unlawful.
Anti-oil campaigners celebrate after a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court that Surrey Council should have considered the full climate impact of burning oil from new wellsWhy the dispute? The offshore fossil fuel industry in the UK adds £30billion to the economy, brought in £9billion in tax revenue between 2022 and 2023, and employs more than 220,000.
It could pave the way for green campaigners to unleash a torrent of lawsuits which could see companies having to set aside millions for potential legal challenges. Lord Leggatt, 66, is the son of former Court of Appeal judge, George Leggatt. He attended Eton before studying philosophy at Cambridge and winning a scholarship to Harvard.
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