In a judgment published on 6 May 2016, the Planning Court of the High Court of Justice quashed a decision of the Planning Inspector to allow planning permission for the development by Cammell Laird of an on-shore office and warehouse building to serve as a marine operations and maintenance facility for windfarms in Liverpool Bay and on the Irish Sea. The Claimants, representing businesses and residents in the locality of the development, including a charter boat operator, arg

“Let a hundred flowers bloom” Mao Zedong Unsurprisingly unnoticed by a press dominated by the big themes of the UK’s relationship with Europe, the European Parliament on 28 April approved the European Council’s common position on the so-called “technical pillar” of the Fourth Railway Package. While this may seem to some another instance of Brussels gobbledegook, what it signifies is that progress is being made towards harmonising safety authorisations across Europe for signal