Supreme Court appeal granted

PRESS RELEASE

7 May 2020

For immediate use

Reacting to the news that the Supreme Court has granted permission for Heathrow Airport to Appeal a Court of Appeal ruling which stated the Government had not taken into account climate change targets when presenting the plans to Parliament, Geraldine Nicholson from local campaign group Stop Heathrow Expansion, said:

 “We always expected this case to reach the highest court in the land.

“Now it is for the Supreme Court judges to make a decision over our future.

“We will be following the proceedings very closely and expect the Supreme Court to uphold the Court of Appeal ruling.”

ENDS.

Notes:

1.     SUPREME COURT LETTER TO APPELLANTS https://planb.earth/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Supreme-Court-PTA-order.pdf