A specialist environmental court would reduce costs, develop expertise, increase accessibility, effectiveness and efficiency to achieve better outcomes for people and the environment.
The Scottish Government is required to consult on the establishment of an environmental court, no later than six months after new watchdog Environmental Standards Scotland publishes its first strategy. This consultation will take place by Spring 2023, creating an important opportunity for reassessing how environmental disputes are dealt with in Scotland.
Read our report on why Scotland needs an environmental court or tribunal (ECT).
Blogs & news
What changes could help Scotland comply with international human rights and environmental law? Part 2
Part one of our two-part blog series summarised the prohibitive costs of judicial review. In this second part, Lloyd Austin – ERCS’s Chair, outlines how establishing an environmental court would be a better way to resolve disputes than using the difficult path of judicial review …
Press release: Environmental Court Report published
Our report published today calls for the creation of a new one-stop-shop environmental court for Scotland …
