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Press release: Environmental Court report published

Publication Date
5 October 2021
Type
  • Press releases
Topic
  • Scottish Environment Court
Synopsis

A report published today by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) calls for the creation of a new one-stop-shop Environmental Court for Scotland. The ERCS report, ‘Why Scotland needs an environmental court or tribunal’ finds that a low-cost environmental court for Scotland would improve accessibility, reduce costs and plug Scotland’s accountability gap over the environment.

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