EU law affects time limits for judicial reviews

摘要

Court rules in England and Wales require proceedings for judicial review to be launched "promptly" and in any event no later than three months after the decision in question.Leaving proceedings to just within the three-month period has always been something of a risky strategy. Some claims brought by environmental groups within the statutory maximum time have still been held to be out of time by the courts, because they were considered to have acted with insufficient promptness.But a High Court ruling has held that where EU environmental law is at issue, courts can no longer exercise their discretion to rule out a claim within the three months.