Judge suspends regulations preventing enforcement action over unlicensed large-scale peat extraction

A "wholesale" legal ban preventing enforcement action over unlicensed large-scale peat extraction activity has been lifted by the High Court.

Mr Justice Garrett Simons granted an injunction suspending the coming into effect of regulations which exempt, for at least 18 months, large-scale peat extraction projects from the provisions of domestic laws implementing two European environmental directives.