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Title:
Bowen-West v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region:
Europe
Type of document:
National - higher court
Date of text:
January 18, 2012
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
Court of Appeal
Seat of court:
London
Justice(s):
Laws, Tomlison and Kitchin.
Reference number:
[2012] EWCA Civ 321
ECOLEX subject(s):
Waste & hazardous substances
Abstract:
In the present case the Court of Appeal held that the question whether an Environmental Statement for the deposit of lower level radioactive waste should have considered a larger scheme (the future expansion of the landfill in question), within the context of indirect secondary or cumulative effects, was a question of fact and judgement. He rejected the appellant’s argument that the question is one of law and declined to refer the matter to the Court of Justice.