More than 120 leading lawyers have published a “Declaration of Conscience”, refusing to act for new fossil fuel projects or to prosecute members of campaign groups opposing new fossil...

Just Stop Oil statement on the death of Xavier Gonzalez-Trimmer https://juststopoil.org/2023/02/23/just-stop-oil-statement-on-the-death-of-xavier-gonzalez-trimmer/

In a brief decision, three judges of the European Court of Human Rights, have ruled inadmissible a claim against the British government for failing to take practical and effective...

The British courts have lost the plot. Infuriated by the habit of juries of acquitting climate protestors, a new policy has been adopted in which: The judge bans climate...

A disciplinary tribunal on Thursday disbarred Tim Crosland, an ex-barrister who leaked the result of the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling in support of the expansion of Heathrow Airport, for...

… It is only possible because of the complicity of the courts and certain members of the legal profession” Tim Crosland talks to Charlotte Chambers about the gathering movement of lawyers,...

With the world set to pass the 1.5˚C temperature limit in the Paris Agreement, and as the UK Government, hot on heels of COP27, approves plans for a new...

… and with it the credibility of the COP process, our duplicitous Governments and the false assumptions they proceed from. What do we do now?

More than 170 leading lawyers have signed an open letter warning: Breach of the 1.5˚C Paris goal threatens mass loss of life and end of rule of law Companies...

One of the members of Plan B, Sarah May, a UK citizen, whose family and boyfriend are in the Philippines, was in the Philippines in December 2021 when it...

14 July 2022: While the temperature soars in the UK and around the world, drought threatens famine in Afghanistan and East Africa, and rivals to replace Boris Johnson vie...

Fresh from banning restrictions on firearms, and claiming control over women’s bodies … the US Supreme Court today ruled the US Environment Protection Agency has no right to regulate...

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/when-extinction-rebellion-met-big-oil-bp

Want to read an honest application of human rights law to #ClimateBreakdown, grounded in testimony from the frontline? See the wonderful, authoritative report from the Commission on Human Rights...

Tim Crosland has filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg alleging that his conviction for contempt of court before the Supreme Court, arising out...

A call has been made to the appropriate authorities in Nigeria, all states of the federation and other critical stakeholders to galvanize efforts and clear blocked gutters, service maintenance...

The Bar Standards Board has commenced a new investigation into Tim Crosland for diminishing the trust and confidence which the public places in him and for undermining his own integrity....

MEDIA ALERT UK Government to torch Paris Agreement tomorrow On Monday, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, in launching the new IPCC report, said: “Some government and business leaders...

Speaking ahead of the launch of the report of IPCC Working Group III, Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General has described it as “a litany of broken climate promises”...

PUTIN IS THE FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER OF NEOLIBERALISM   Only civil resistance now can save our democracy and our planet   All of us know (even J.P. Morgan) that Neoliberalism,...

Lubem will support us in particular with engaging the legal profession in Nigeria to defend the 1.5˚C Paris limit – humanity’s vanishing lifeline. https://newsheadquarterng.net/lubem-appointed-as-plan-b-volunteer-contact-person-for-nigeria/

Unusually, the Divisional Court has split over Friends of the Earth’s legal challenge to UK Export Finance’s funding for a liquid natural gas project in Mozambique. One judge ruled...

Climate activists to take Government to Strasbourg after Court of Appeal denies Paris Agreement is relevant to the right to life The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal...

As Boris Johnson talks of a “climate pass”, which would be a death sentence for young generations and the Global South, the new Office of Environmental Protection (OEP), which...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/04/ukraine-war-european-reappraisal-energy-supplies-coal-renewables

“A strategy for de-escalation of the war in Ukraine can and must be integrated with a strategy for the urgent and radical reduction of carbon emissions – starting with...

Following the appeal hearing in October, the Attorney General, in keeping with the Government’s assault on dissent, is now claiming more than £35K in legal costs against Tim Crosland,...

It was nice of the court to give us 7 days over Christmas to prepare our appeal! But there’s no hiding from their basic errors of law and today...

The High Court ruled that the case brought by three young people of the Global Majority and Plan B, which advances the modest proposition that the Government has a...

On 20 December, the Supreme Court dismissed Tim’s appeal against conviction and the order that he pay the Government £15,000 in costs. Tim said: “It’s no great surprise that...

“Judgement reserved” in the High Court today (ie the judge will take some time to decide whether the case is arguable). Profound truths spoken to the court by Adetola...

Despite the determined efforts of many to present COP26 as “important progress”, such claims are no more than propaganda and greenwash. In objective terms, COP26 has ended in absolute...

We have the solemn duty to report tragic news. Brother Elorm Dade, aged 23, a courageous XR and Plan B activist, has been lost in action in Ghana. There...

Looks like the end for Heathrow expansion, as top shareholder pulls out. Apparently killing our children doesn’t even make a profit. But it was a great idea, UK Government....

Ahead of COP26, the Law Society, the independent professional body for solicitors in England and Wales, has published a critical climate change resolution which: “Resolves to develop plans and...

Tim Crosland has filed his Case with the Supreme Court ahead of his appeal, which is due to be heard on 18 October 2021, before 5 Supreme Court Justices:...

In another twist to the long-running legal battle over Heathrow expansion in the time of climate crisis, the Government has today (6 September 2021) written to the climate charity,...

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/complicity-in-mass-loss-of-life-extinction-rebellion-takes-on-city-lawyers-/5109642.article

BREAKING: UK Government responds to our legal action by claiming any discriminatory impacts of its climate policies would be “objectively and reasonably justified” But the destruction of our Land,...

Tim Crosland has filed his Grounds of Appeal with the Supreme Court. His grounds are that: the Supreme Court was wrong to ignore his defence, which was that evidence...

We commenced our legal action against the Government on 1 May, highlighting the Government’s failure to take practical and effective measures to meet its climate change commitments, violating our...

LEAKED IPCC REPORT “Species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas—these and other devastating climate impacts are accelerating and bound to become painfully...

Six weeks after his trial for breaching the embargo on the Heathrow judgment, the Supreme Court has ordered Tim Crosland, a full-time volunteer for Plan B, to pay the...

We’ve received the Gov’s response to our legal claim. Gov is denying any legal obligation to safeguard our rights to life and family life from climate breakdown. We’re waiting...

“We are pleased that the Charity Commission has not imposed any sanction on Plan B … It is Plan B’s charitable purpose to uphold the Paris Agreement, which demands...

Thank you so much to We Have The Power for their generous donation. Together #WeHaveThePower Landmark legal cases by Plan B aim to protect our young people’s future

Today Lola Perrin (ClimateKeys) launched a crowdfunder to pay Tim Crosland’s £5K fine. Please contribute and share if you can: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/tim-croslands-court-fine #WhistleBlower #HonourParisAgreement #NoToHeathrow #5K4Truth

The tide is turning. Following the recent acquittal by a jury of the #Shell7, a judge has declined to punish activist Rowan Tilly for obstructing the highway, instead issued...

“And today everyone is going to hear that the Gov knew Heathrow expansion would breach the Paris limit of 1.5˚C. That is the real story.” Tim has been fined...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c6IAd_lrT_rWG2MSZOubNGY_E5rpXSEM/view

NOTICE FOR PRESS The Supreme Court is asking that members of the press wanting to attend Tim Crosland’s trial on Monday, 10 May, contact the court press office in...

Today, 1 May 2021, marking two years since Parliament declared a climate emergency, three young people, Adetola Onamade, 24, Marina Tricks, 20 and Jerry Amokwandoh, 22, working with the...

“If the Court … understood the harm its judgment had caused, it would be more concerned with mitigating that harm than with punishing and repressing the steps taken to...

The Supreme Court has advised that it proposes to depart from its usual practice of live-streaming its proceedings for the prosecution of Tim Crosland, and that due to Covid...

The Supreme Court has issued Directions for the Government’s application to commit Tim Crosland to prison. The case will be heard by three Supreme Court judges with a time...

In an extraordinary intervention, more than 130 leading international experts, including Sir David King, the Government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser, Dr James E. Hansen, the ex-NASA scientists and “godfather...

The Charity Commission has started an investigation into Plan B, concerning Tim Crosland’s breach of the Heathrow embargo. Here’s our response: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eHSpMU1RD2qaKu2LuHA-_0cRpvO8Nbg6zXGxKqIw-Og/edit #RightToProtest

The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers has passed a motion in support of Tim Crosland and Plan B, which “Condemns the Tory Government’s reckless stewardship of the environment and...

In this critical year of COP26, over which the UK Government will preside, nothing is more vital than that the UK media avoids two framing traps, propagated by vested...

Today, 12 February, the Government launched proceedings to commit Tim Crosland, Director of Plan B to prison, for breaching the Supreme Court’s embargo on the Heathrow Judgement. If convicted...

A Paris court has convicted the French state of failing to address the climate crisis and not keeping its promises to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Massive moment for people...

Plan B can now publish the Government’s response to our pre-action letter, written together with three young co-claimants, concerning its failure to take practical and effective measures in response...

We’ve received the Gov’s response to our pre-action letter. In summary they’re saying: They’re not doing nothing to tackle the #ClimateEmergency  We have no right to challenge the adequacy...

People are neither essentially bad nor essentially good, but defined by their choices and actions. As this devastating paper from 17 leading scientists makes clear, each one of us...

“I consider the Supreme Court’s ruling, which undermines the Paris Agreement and legitimises the dangerous, discredited 2˚C climate target, a direct threat to my children and to all young...

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/investigation-starts-into-barrister-who-broke-sc-ruling-embargo/5106919.article?adredir=1

“I am the lawyer who committed contempt of court over Heathrow’s expansion plans – this is why I did it” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/heathrow-expansion-third-runway-b1775755.html

Today, 16 December, the Supreme Court has betrayed all young people and the Global South, with a treasonous judgement, that overrules the Court of Appeal’s decision that the expansion...

Today, 12 December, the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Plan B together with three young people, and in collaboration with the Stop the Maangamizi campaign, has begun a...

The critical Supreme Court hearing on whether Chris Grayling was right to regard the Paris Agreement as “not relevant” to Heathrow expansion will be heard via video conference next...

We’ve now filed our response to Heathrow Airport Limited’s appeal to the Supreme Court.   Boris Johnson claims that “we will ensure that we abide by the judgment and...

Is Extinction Rebellion exaggerating the risks? Is humanity really facing an “existential threat”? Here are some key sources of evidence: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13iVfUySu3Jn7TVyVtZ4R2sCf44nLO_hjEBjy6bbT8E4/edit?usp=sharing

The Treasury has defended its decision to ignore the Paris Agreement in its bailouts for polluters such as RyanAir, Easyjet and Rolls Royce, claiming it was under no legal...

What are the moral, legal and political consequences of our governments’ abandonment of their climate targets as they double down on the carbon economy, using public funds to bailout...

Another major victory for the burgeoning climate litigation movement, as the Supreme Court of Ireland rules that the Irish Government’s climate change plans are inadequate. Massive congratulations to Climate...

Today, Plan B has responded to the Oil and Gas Authority’s (“OGA”) consultation on “maximising the economic recovery” of UK Petroleum. The OGA’s proposal, which treats as irrelevant the...

Today, 21 July, the climate litigation charity, Plan B, took a decisive step towards legal action, serving the Government with a Pre-Action Protocol letter over its failure to consider...

We’ve just sent Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Andrew Bailey a letter threatening legal action over their “new deal” for polluters, for which they have no democratic mandate....

The Supreme Court has granted Heathrow Airport Ltd and Arora Holdings Ltd permission to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeal. Tim Crosland, Director of Plan B.Earth, said:...

“In essence, the Court of Appeal’s ruling is a conservative proposition: the government, in developing major infrastructure plans, should take into account its own policy commitment to the Paris...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-tackle-climate-crisis-and-poverty-with-zeal-of-covid-19-fight-scientists-urge

Yesterday, 26 March, climate litigation charity Plan B gathered together over 100 members of the British media, many of them leading figures in print and broadcast journalism, for a...

In a ground-breaking moment, the Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Plan B’s claim, that the Government’s plans to expand Heathrow Airport were unlawful because they failed...

In view of the exceptional public interest in the outcome of the Heathrow proceedings, which will decided whether Chris Grayling, the sacked Minister of Transport, was right in failing...

The Court of Appeal will “hand down” its judgement on Heathrow Airport expansion at the Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday, 27 February

Massive news from Holland today. The Dutch Supreme Court has confirmed the Government has a legal obligation to protect its citizens from climate change as part of the right...

Tomorrow, 17 October (“World Poverty Day”), the Court of Appeal will begin hearing the legal challenges to Heathrow expansion. Plan B’s and Friends of the Earth’s claims, focussed on...

Today, 11 October, Plan B has written to the Metropolitan Police to highlight numerous reports of abuses, including the use of armed police to stop peaceful activists. Tim Crosland,...

Today Plan B filed a further skeleton argument in response to the Government ahead of the Court of Appeal hearing on 17th and 18th October: Reply skeleton argument “More...

Plan B’s campaign to have the Heathrow proceedings live-streamed, supported by more than 1,500 people, did not succeed before the Divisional Court. But it seems it had an impact....

Today the Court of Appeal has ordered a full hearing of the appeals against Heathrow expansion, including Plan B’s legal claim. Lord Justice Lindblom stated: “The importance of the...

A senior civil servant at the Department of Transport has written to Plan B to say the Government may now review plans to expand Heathrow Airport. Following Parliament’s recognition...

On 9 May, at Southwark Crown Court, a jury found two Extinction Rebellion activists, Roger Hallam and David Durant not guilty of causing criminal damage. Roger and David admitted...

Today Plan B filed an appeal against the Heathrow judgement. You can read our skeleton argument here: Court of Appeal, Skeleton Argument  

Plan B has today written to the Government requesting that it review its plans to expand Heathrow Airport in light of: Parliament’s recognition yesterday of the existence of a...

Today, 1 May, the High Court dismissed all the legal challenges to the Government’s plans to expand Heathrow Airport, including the claims brought by Friends of the Earth and...

Dr James Hansen, the father of climate science whose testimony to US Congress in 1988 sounded the global alarm on climate change, has sent via Plan B a letter...

Last week Plan B joined a delegation in support of a declaration of climate emergency by Southwark Council, the local government for an economically deprived part of inner city...

After a 7 day hearing, the #NoToHeathrow finally finished yesterday The court “reserved judgement” on all the cases, which means they’ve got some thinking to do and we don’t yet...