Case Review: R (on the application of Friends of the Earth and others) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2011] All ER (D) 190 (Dec)
Introduction
This case involved a joint legal challenge brought against the Secretary of State’s decision on the timing of changes to the Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) which are paid for electricity generated by law-carbon electricity technologies such as solar panels. The FIT scheme was initiated in 2010 by the government to encourage the public and communities to take [...]






