With one important exception (the decision of the Supreme Court in Lungowe & Others v Vedanta Resources dealing with the liability of parent companies for overseas environmental torts—see Section 9), the cases this year are essentially judicial review type cases involving some quite well-trodden areas such as air quality, habitats, environmental assessment and strategic environmental assessment (SEA). That, however, does not mean to say that they are without interest. They illustrate the ongoing debate as to the correct approach of judges when exercising their supervisory jurisdiction of judicial review. Naturally enough, litigants who are aggrieved by what they see as the environmentally wrong outcome of government decisions, often on a scheme for...

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2019-20年度英国重大环境法案件

除一个重要的例外（最高法院在Lungowe＆Others诉Vedanta Resources案中处理母公司对海外环境侵权的责任-见第9节）外，今年的案件实质上是司法复审类型的案件，涉及一些相当完善的案件，空气质量，栖息地，环境评估和战略环境评估（SEA）等受灾地区。但是，那并不意味着说他们没有兴趣。它们说明了正在进行的关于法官行使司法审查监督管辖权时正确方法的辩论。很自然地，对自己认为是政府决策在环境上错误的结果感到不满的诉讼人，通常是针对...