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There are 58 PILA resources available. Showing items 31 - 40.

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   Case Summary: Digital Rights Ireland Ltd – v – Minister for Communication & Ors [2010] IEHC 221Issued : January 2016Standing granted to an NGO that was a sincere and serious litigant, in a case that raised important constitutional matters around retention of data affecting the public and where unlikely that an individual could afford to take such a case.

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   Case Summary: R (on the application of Greenpeace Ltd) -v- Inspectorate of Pollution & Anor. (No 2) [1994] 4 All ER 329 Issued : January 2016Standing granted to an NGO to judicially review a decision to authorise discharge of radioactive waste, on the basis of genuine and good faith concern in the environment and internationally recognised expertise.

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   Case Summary: R (ex parte National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Limited) –v- Commissioners of Inland Revenue [1981] UKHL 2Issued : January 2016Standing refused to representative body on the basis of insufficient interest.

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   Report on Clinical Legal Education in Ireland Issued : October 2015

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   Briefing note on Foy CaseIssued : October 2015

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   Case Summary: R (on the application of Cornerhouse Research) –v- the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2005] EWCA Civ 192 Issued : July 2015The criteria for granting Protective Costs Orders were set out by the UK court of Appeal.

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   Case Summary: R (on the application of Remedy UK Ltd) –v- General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 2294 (Admin) Issued : July 2015Protective Costs Order granted where the matter concerned the scope of the General Medical Council’s disciplinary jurisdiction.

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   Case Summary: R (on the application of the Refugee Legal Centre) –v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1239Issued : July 2015Protective Costs Order was granted where it was in the public interest to resolve a challenge to systemic unfairness in processing asylum claims.

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   Case Summary: R (on the application of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) –v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWHC 250 (Admin) Issued : July 2015Protective Costs Order was granted where it was in the public interest to determine the lawfulness of licences granted to animal researchers and the NGO challenging the licences was prepared to cap costs.

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    Case Summary: Weaver –v- London Quadrant Housing Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 235 Issued : July 2015Protective Costs Order was granted where it was in the public interest to resolve the question as to whether a housing trust was a “public authority” under the Human Rights Act.