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[2025] WLR(D) 362
Court of Appeal
Rex (Wickford Development Co Ltd)
v
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
[2025] EWCA Civ 882
2025 June 17;
July 10
July 10
Lewis, Falk, Holgate LJJ
Environment— Forestry— Restocking notice— Forestry Commission issuing restocking notices to claimants following felling of trees without felling licence— Secretary of State dismissing claimants’ statutory appeals on recommendation of appointed reference committee— Whether decision unlawful for failure to consider legal issues raised by claimant—
Forestry Act 1967 (c 10), ss 17, 17A
—
Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 31(2A)