Indaver told to pay residents’ legal costs

A waste management firm has been told to cover the costs incurred by a group opposed to its incineration plans after the High Court ruled its behaviour during a legal action amounted to abuse of process.

Indaver Ireland has been ordered to pay legal costs for environmental lobby group Chase (Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment) and An Bord Pleánala because of the manner in which it conducted itself during its application for a judicial review.

In July 2011, Indaver Ireland sought a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse its €150m waste-to-energy project on the grounds that the board may not have had a complete picture of the true state of waste plans in Cork when it made its decision.