Published: 01/05/2009 00:00 -
Updated: 06/05/2009 11:01
CAMPAIGNERS from SSE still plan to plead their case before a court - despite another judge throwing out their latest attempt to block expansion at Stansted Airport.
Yesterday (Thursday, April 30) spokesman Peter Gowan confirmed the organisation wanted an oral hearing to give evidence against BAA's permission for plans to expand from 25m to 35m passengers a year.
On Wednesday (April 29) SSE was informed its written application to the Court of Appeal - seeking permission to appeal the High Court's decision to uphold expansion approval -had failed.
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Laws ruled the appeal should not be allowed because there was no real prospect of success.
In March, High Court Judge Sir Thayne Forbes dismissed SSE's legal challenge to the Government's decision to allow expansion from 25m to 35m passengers a year following a six-month public inquiry. He said campaigners' criticism of the way the decision had been handled was "unjustified and without substance".
But SSE pressed on with further legal action on basis that his judgment failed to provide the clarification it wanted. Its primary concern was that the wording of the Government's decision could compromise its case at any future public inquiry to consider a second runway at Stansted.
On Wednesday (April 29) SSE was informed its written application to the Court of Appeal - seeking permission to appeal the High Court's decision to uphold expansion approval -had failed.
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Laws ruled the appeal should not be allowed because there was no real prospect of success.
In March, High Court Judge Sir Thayne Forbes dismissed SSE's legal challenge to the Government's decision to allow expansion from 25m to 35m passengers a year following a six-month public inquiry. He said campaigners' criticism of the way the decision had been handled was "unjustified and without substance".
But SSE pressed on with further legal action on basis that his judgment failed to provide the clarification it wanted. Its primary concern was that the wording of the Government's decision could compromise its case at any future public inquiry to consider a second runway at Stansted.
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