‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won
Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail…
The Guardian reports: Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris.
Lady Justice Lieven found that Natural England failed in its statutory duty to protect Catfield Fen from pollution…
This environment story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Norfolk Broads Polluters, Geli Harris and Catfield Fen.
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- United Kingdom · Europe
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- Norfolk Broads Polluters, Geli Harris, Catfield Fen, Norfolk Broads
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- Environment
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- The couple, who farm 460 acres in the Norfolk Broads, have now scored a hat-trick of landmark legal victories to save an internationally important wetland after they won again in the high court this month. (The Guardian)
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