The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2024] PTSR 533
King’s Bench Division
Rex (Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd)
v
Environment Agency
[2023] EWHC 3012 (Admin)
2023 Oct 16, 17;
Nov 28
Nov 28
Fordham J
Environment— Protection— Environmental permit— Regulator issuing compliance assessment reports recording claimant’s breach of environmental permit and increasing subsistence payment payable— Whether report “regulatory decision” within regulatory code— Whether regulator required to consider providing appeal on merits by independent decision-maker— Whether common law duty of fairness imposing right to pursue appeal on merits—
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c 51), s 22
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Regulators’ Code 2014, para 2.3