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Quarries of Botswana (Pty) Ltd v Gamalete Development Trust and Others (MAHLB-000045-08) [2010] BWHC 87 (27 May 2010)

Country/Territory
Botswana
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
May 27, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Seat of court
Lobatse
Judge
DINGAKE OBK
Reference number
MAHLB-000045-08
Language
English
Subject
Environment gen.
Abstract

The applicant in this case had been blocked from using a road across a farm. The applicant is a quarry mining company and it was seeking an interdict to block the respondents who had constructed a boom gate to prevent the applicant from using the road. The respondents claimed that the applicant was causing severe damage to their land with his heavy machinery and trucks, therefore also asked the applicant to conduct an EIA. The interdict application was dismissed by the judge because the applicant failed to meet the requirements of the final interdict.

Full text
87.pdf
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