Year: 2020

As noted in previous posts the naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham has sought to challenge, by way of judicial review, the Government’s decision to proceed with the HS2 project in the light of the Oakervee Review (OR). In Packham v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWHC 829 (Admin), the High Court refused him leave…Continue Reading Chris Packham loses appeal

Apologies for being very slow off the mark on this but there have been many distractions over the past few months as you can imagine. On 15 April 2020 Hs2 Ltd issued the notice to proceed which enables the contractors to commence construction in earnest. No time was wasted during the Covid 19 lock-down and…Continue Reading Packham v Secretary of State for Transport

I had hoped to leave HS2 alone for a while and catch up on other issues such as the world of franchising. However, further to my last entry on HS2 Mr Packham through his solicitors Leigh, Day & Co has launched the first stage of his judicial review of the decision of the Government to…Continue Reading Fresh HS2 Legal Challenge

When the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act received the Royal Assent in 2017 one might have been forgiven for thinking that the legal and political shenanigans were over and work would begin in earnest. However, arguments over ever increasing costs meant that the ‘notice to proceed’ (which authorises the contractors to move…Continue Reading HS2 gets the green light – again!