Lords ruling on motorway inquiry disallows public challenges to Government forecasts

By a 4-1 majority, the Law Lords ruled on 7 February that the Appeal Court was wrong to quash the Environment Secretary's approval of the motorway schemes and to order a further inquiry hearing. The Appeal Courts's decision (ENDS Report 32, p 9) upheld claims by motorway objectors that there had been a denial of natural justice at the 100-day public inquiry into the motorway proposals.

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