| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 220 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2001] EWCA Civ 03 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Thorpe, Laws LJJ and Morland J |
| Representation | Michael Fordham (instructed by Public Interest Lawyers) for the applicant. |
| Dinah Rose and Nicholas Khan (instructed by the Environment Agency) for the respondent. | |
| Nigel Pleming QC and Eleanor Grey (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State for Defence. | |
| David Wolfe (instructed by CMS Cameron McKenna) for AWE plc. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 25 January 2002 |
Catchwords
European Community - Environment - Projects likely to significantly affect environment - Authorisations to discharge radioactive material from military sites - Whether justification test applying - Whether authorisations unlawful - Council Directive (Euratom) 80/836, art 6.
The Case
The merits or demerits of government defence policy were not justiciable, and accordingly the lawfulness of authorisations to permit the discharge of radioactive waste from military installations at which nuclear warheads were manufactured could not be challenged.
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