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High Court rejects climate change based challenge to oil and gas licensing

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Published on: 29 November 2023

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Energy analysis: Andrew Lidbetter, partner, Nusrat Zar, partner and Jasveer Randhawa, professional support consultant of Herbert Smith Freehills discuss the High Court's rejection of a legal challenge by Greenpeace and Uplift against the UK Government's 33rd offshore oil and gas licensing round. The court emphasised that the compatibility of further licensing with net-zero targets in this context is a matter of government judgment, not a legal issue. The decision highlighted that courts generally defer to democratically accountable decision-makers on climate change policy issues.

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