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Client Earth: Judicial Review

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48122

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of judicial reviews by Client Earth to (a) her Department and (b) its agencies.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

There have been no judicial reviews by Client Earth against the Ministry of Justice or its agencies.

While Client Earth has brought judicial review cases against several other Government Departments, there is no centrally held data on the total cost of these cases.

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