Case status: Inadmissible.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Protection of environmental defenders; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 3 (8); 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: -
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 29 July 2009 by Mr. Paul Stookes of Richard Buxton Environmental & Public Law, representing Ms. Elizabeth Condron, with regard to compliance by the United Kingdom with the provisions of articles 3 (8) and 9 (4) of the Convention. The communication arose out of the communicant’s legal challenge against the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in which she claimed that the Council had failed to comply with the conditions of its EIA permission for a coal processing plant. The legal challenge was part of the communicant’s ongoing fight against the development and operation in Merthyr Tydfil of the United Kingdom’s largest opencast coal mine, situated 500 metres from her home. She alleged that the events following her legal challenge amounted to a violation of article 3 (8).
Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat | |
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Datasheet ACCC/C/2009/40 (United Kingdom) | Latest datasheet on the status of the communication | 11.05.2010 | |
Determination on admissibility | At CC-24 | 29.07.2009 | |
Communication - Cover | Communication ACCC/C/2009/40 | 29.07.2009 | |
Communication - Explication document | Annex to Communication ACCC/C/2009/40 | 29.07.2009 | |
Communication - Supporting documents | Annex to Communication ACCC/C/2009/40 | 29.07.2009 | |
Letter to the communicant requesting additional information | Letter from the secretariat | 29.07.2009 | |
Letter to the Party concerned forwarding the communication and requesting additional information | Letter from the secretariat | 29.07.2009 | |
Letter to the Committee answering the letter to the communicant dated 27.07.2009 - Cover | Letter from the communicant | 01.11.2009 | |
Annex 1 - Replies to questions | Annex to the letter from the communicant | 01.11.2009 | |
Annex 2 - Authorisation proof | Annex to the letter from the communicant | 01.11.2009 | |
Annex 3 - Additional supporting documents to the original communication supporting documents | Annex to the letter from the communicant | 01.11.2009 | |
Reply to the questions and deferral request | Letter from the Party concerned | 01.12.2009 | |
Letter to the Party concerned accepting deferral request until 1 March 2010 | Letter from the secretariat | 22.12.2009 | |
Letter to communicant and Party concerned inviting them to the discussion at CC-27 | Letter from the secretariat | 09.02.2010 | |
Final comments on the communication | Message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 1 - History of legal challenges by the communicant | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 2 - Judgement between the communicant and the National Assembly for Wales and Miller Agent (South Wales) LTD (21 December 2005) | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 3 - Judgement between National Assembly for Wales and the communicant and Miller Argent (South Wales) LTD (27 November 2006) | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 4 - Judgement between the communicant and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Caerphilly County Borough Council and Miller Argent (South West) LTD (1 May 2009) | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 5 - Order dated 9 March 2009 | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Annex 6 - Order dated 26 June 2009 | Annex to the message from the Party concerned | 01.03.2010 | |
Cover letter from DLA Piper UK LLP, instructed by Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd, with Annex 1 and Annex 2 | Message from DLA Piper UK LLP | 05.03.2010 | |
Summary Reply to the Party's submission with Annex 1 and Annex 2 | Letter from the communicant | 09.03.2010 | |
Photos of the site | Provided by the communicant at CC-27 | 17.03.2010 | |
Letter to the parties with the outcome of CC-27 | Letter from the secretariat | 12.04.2010 |