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'A chink in the armour' was discovered after a High Court judge ruled the HS2 consultation was unlawful, a south Bucks MP has said.
Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan said the result of Friday's Judicial Review into the controversial high speed railway line was "a decisive victory" for campaigners despite a judge dismissing nine out of ten points that were challenged.
But Lord Justice...
Over the Science Museum audience, lit as unflatteringly as possible, loomed a vast picture of Dr Richard Beeching: bald, double-chinned, amply-waistcoated, a nasty smirk on his face as he held up the most notorious document in the history of British railways.
Almost precisely 50 years since the Beeching Report was published, the crowd, from the Railfuture campaign group, had gathered to hiss...
Residents along the route of the planned HS2 high-speed rail route are in line to receive bigger compensation payments after a court ruled that ministers broke the law in consultation over the scheme.
However, there was relief at the Department of Transport as several other legal challenges to the £33bn project enthusiastically promoted by David Cameron were thrown out.
The result is that...
Campaigners fighting HS2 are angry and frustrated after winning just one of the arguments in the High Court today (Friday) - and they have vowed to fight on.
Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that former Transport Secretary, Justine Greening's, consultation on the various forms of property compensation that would be offered to affected homeowners, was unlawful.
But HS2 Ltd swiftly responded by declaring...
Stop HS2 campaigner Joe Rukin speaks outside the Royal Courts of Justice after a judge upholds just one of 10 objections to a planned high-speed rail route between London and Birmingham. The sole successful challenge was HS2 Action Alliance's claim that the way compensation was decided and consulted on was 'fundamentally unfair'
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Campaigners have vowed to continue to fight HS2 – despite a high court ruling dismissing the majority of their challenges.
Campaigners are meeting in Amersham today to discuss the next step.
Yesterday, nine out of ten objections to the high speed London to Birmingham rail link were dismissed by a judge.
But it was ruled that a consultation process about HS2 was unlawful.
The Rail...
The High Court has said the government's process for compensating people affected by the HS2 high-speed rail link was "so unfair as to be unlawful."
The case was one of ten legal challenges brought to the court by groups of people living near the planned route linking London with Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
The court ruled in favour of the government in all nine of the other cases....
The Department for Transport will, once again, be in the spotlight today as the High Court gets set to rule on whether the government followed proper procedures before approving its HS2 rail project. Given the recent lamentable procedural failures over rail franchising, tension within the Department will likely be running high.
From the government’s point of view the best outcome is obviously...
Camden and 14 other councils have lost their Judicial Review claim in the High Court. A Judge has ruled the government’s decision over the London to Birmingham line lawful, meaning the £33 billion scheme can proceed.
“We are disappointed with this judgement and will continue to fight this fundamentally flawed scheme. We feel a poor decision has been made today, which fails to fully grapple...
The compensation consultation for HS2 has been ruled unlawful.
In what is being perceived as a victory for anti-HS2 campaigners, Mr Justice Ouseley stressed that it was not for him to say if HS2 is 'right' - just if the process is 'lawful'.
However, protesters are now querying whether the project can proceed without a fully lawful consultation.
The chairman of Hilingdon Against HS2, Keri...
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