Pickering Fishery Association (claimant/respondent) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (defendant/appellant)

Tuesday 14 – Wednesday 15 January 2025

By Appellant’s Notice filed on the 13 March 2024, the Secretary of State appeals the decision of Mrs Justice Lieven, sitting in the Administrative and Planning Court, dated the 15 November 2023.

The background of the case is a challenge to the decision of the Secretary of State on 14 December 2022 to approve the updated Humber River Basin Management Plan under regulation 31(1) of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) England and Wales Regulations 2017. Lieven J, by order of 15 November 2023, allowed the judicial review claim brought by Pickering Fishing Association.

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