Sentences with phrase «court against polluters»
He has almost single - handedly obtained about 40 landmark judgements and numerous orders from the Supreme Court against polluters, a record that may be unrivaled by any other environmental lawyer in the world.
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A 4 - 4 tie would mean litigation against the polluters could go forward, because that would leave in effect the earlier decision by the appeals court.
Edley has complained, according to the San Francisco Chronicle (February 14, 2007), that parents and the public can not get in the courthouse door to argue that officials are failing to live up to the obligations of education statutes: «If the state fails to enforce environmental regulations against a polluter, members of the public can not only go to the ballot box, they can also go to court.
From countless court battles against corporate polluters.
The commission makes 100 recommendations featuring six overarching ones: the National Advice and Legal Support Fund mentioned before; prioritising public legal education in schools, alongside financial literacy, and in «education for life»; calling on government to clampdown down «preventable demand» by getting decisions right the first time including a «polluter pays» scheme for the DWP to pay costs on upheld appeals (on average 35 % of appeals against welfare benefits decisions are upheld); an overhaul of the courts to make them better suited for the needs of litigants in person; a national strategy for 2015 — 20, including a «minister for advice and legal support»; and for local authorities to commission local advice and legal support plans.