Norfolk couple win third legal battle to protect Catfield Fen
In short
- Tim and Geli Harris won again in the High Court this month over Catfield Fen.
- The court found Natural England failed in its duty to protect the wetland from pollution.
- Nitrates and phosphates from arable fields had washed into the fen, home to 2,500 species.
Why the Good News Desk likes this one
The court found the regulator had failed its statutory duty to stop nitrates and phosphates reaching the fen. The wetland is one of the finest examples of calcareous fen in western Europe. The ruling is the couple's third legal win on the site after more than a decade of work.
From The Guardian
Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris. The couple, who farm 460 acres in the Norfolk Broads, have now scored a hat-trick of landmark legal victories to save an internationally important wetland after they won again in the high court this month. Lady Justice Lieven found that Natural England failed in its statutory duty to protect Catfield Fen from pollution after...
