North Sea Oil and Judicial Review

Good old Greenpeace. When a law teacher needs an interesting story for their students, up they pop. From Leila Dean Custard Queen (pressure groups) to the Kingsnorth Six (jury equity), Greenpeace are a little goldmine of legal usefulness. So not only are they saving the planet, they are (hopefully) inspiring law students to boot!

This time it’s another example of a situation with the potential for judicial review - namely the coalition government’s plans to allow deep sea drilling of the Shetland Islands. A great story for dealing with the rule of law, ultra vires, separation of powers etc.

See below for an short clip showing Greenpeace’s protests in the Shetland Islands.