Ineos loses legal challenge on Scottish fracking “ban”
The shale gas company, Ineos, has lost its case against the Scottish Government’s policy on fracking.
The shale gas company, Ineos, has lost its case against the Scottish Government’s policy on fracking.
The Scottish Government created an unlawful policy to prevent fracking in Scotland, the lawyer for two gas companies told the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh today.
A lawyer for the Scottish Government has urged the Court of Sessions to dismiss a challenge by two gas companies to the moratorium on fracking.
Yesterday it was the one of the UK’s biggest conservation charities. Today it was a government. For the second day running, INEOS has won the right to bring a legal case to court.