In this case, a regional decree taken by the Flemish region in order to reinforce the protection of the environment against fertilizers’ pollution is challenged by two local associations. The contested decree extends the areas where the use of fertilizers is strictly regulated if not completely forbidden.
The plaintiffs argued that the creation of those new areas where the use of fertilizer is...
Li Mingshuo, an individual engaged in granite mining, obtained a mining license, but failed to obtain a permit to occupy forestland for mining operations. At one point he expanded operations without approval, and transferred his mining rights without approval to Xie Zhijin, Ni Mingxiang and Zheng Shijiang. The latter three quarried the top of a mountain in the area and dumped waste materials...
Royalburn Farming Company owns a property of some 483 hectares located on both sides of the Crown Range Road in the Queenstown-Lakes District. It applied to QLDC for consent to subdivide 20 lots from the property to provide rural lifestyle allotments, each with a building platform. When consent was refused, Royalburn appealed. Between the lodging of the appeal and the matter coming to hearing...
The plaintiff’s claim was for an injunction restraining the Malawi Government from interfering with his property rights on his ranch and for a declaration that an eviction of the plaintiff from the ranch would be in violation of his constitutional rights to own property, to engage in economic activity and not to have his property expropriated in peace time.
The subject of the claim was 4636...
This case dealt with potential conflicts between a tourist facility and a rural farm on two adjacent properties. The application for review was brought by a neighbouring objector in response to the decision by the local authority to grant planning permission for a group of tourist cottages with associated works on a rural lot.
The general locality was one used for rural farming activities and...
The reference for a preliminary ruling was made by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queens Bench Division, regarding the legislation adopted in respect of the territory of England defining the minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental condition referred to in Article 5 of and Annex IV to Regulation No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes...
The appellants alleged that they had acquired rights under s. 101 of the Act to Preserve Agricultural Land to use a lot for a purpose other than agriculture and in particular to alienate and subdivide the lot and build a house on it without authorization from the Commission de protection du territoire agricole.
The lot in question had been subject to the provisions of the Act since 1980. On that...
The question for the opinion of the High Court in this case was what is meant by the phrase ‘intensive agricultural purposes’ in regulation 2 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2001. Does an increase in the productiveness of a given area or an intensification of the agricultural purposes of the area come within the definition? Did the appellant’s project amount to an...
This case arises under the so-called Swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. §§ 3801, 3821-24. Despite their name, the Swampbuster provisions are designed not to bust swamps, but to protect them by preventing the conversion of wetlands. A wetland is “converted” if it is filled, drained, dredged, leveled, or otherwise manipulated for the purpose of...
During the period of the defendants’ construction, there was a condition that massive laying hens dying and producing soft and misshapen eggs in the plaintiff’s farms about 20 to 30 meters from the construction site.
The case was brought by the plantiff in front of Qingzhen County People’s Court.
Based on the principles of fairness, the court established calculation model with the aid of breeding...
