Tag: Chris Packham

Press release – Chris Packham and Leigh Day

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Chris Packham announces appeal of HS2 decision            Environmental campaigner Chris Packham CBE has announced that he is seeking permission to appeal the decision by the High Court to dismiss his judicial review of the government’s go-ahead on HS2. The High Court decided on Friday 3 April 2020 that it would not grant permission for a…

Press release – Leigh Day and Chris Packham

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High Court dismisses application for HS2 judicial review The High Court has today dismissed an application for permission for judicial review of the Prime Minister’s decision to proceed with the HS2 railway project, and a related interim injunction to halt enabling and clearanceworks relating to HS2. Mr Packham, represented by law firm Leigh Day, was…

Let’s not let this be these woodland’s last Christmas

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ReThinkHS2 – Last Christmas Annie Lennox, Chris Packham and Emma Thompson join forces with leading environmental organisations to Stand For The Trees threatened by HS2. More than 100 of the UK’s irreplaceable ancient woodlands, and the wildlife they support, such as endangered bats, butterflies and barn owls are facing what could be their last Christmas,…

Chris Packham on trees

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I think that Evan Davies is a brilliant presenter of PM and I was pleased to hear him trying to get a word in edgeways with Chris Packham yesterday. Now I assume that Chris was speaking from his home in the New Forest and Evan Davies was in some radio studio far away and so…

The very unlucky Mr Packham CBE

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Yesterday, I indicated that Chris Packham’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting had experienced a long delay between the time that it acquired five signatures (as the process requires) and being published on the Westminster Parliament website. I’m very, very grateful to ‘a reader’ for this plot of the delays between moderation being completed (getting…