R (Evans) v. SSCLg ( R (on the application of Evans) and another (Respondents) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant)) Pays/Territoire Royaume-Uni Type de cour Nationale - cour supérieure Date Mar 26, 2015 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal UK Supreme Court of Appeal Siège de la cour London Juge Lord Neuberger, President Lady Hale, Deputy President Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes Numéro de référence UKSC 2014/0137 Langue Anglais Sujet Terre et sols, Air et atmosphère Résumé In this case the Council in considering an application for residential development which might affect a listed building initially issued a negative screening opinion but then changed its mind and decided EIA was required. The applicant applied for a screening direction, which found that there would be no significant effects. The case stated that an approach which considered whether there was a real risk as opposed to a probability of an impact embodied a sufficiently precautionary approach was required.(Provided by: Wildlife Direct) Texte intégral uksc-2014-0137-judgment.pdf Site web www.supremecourt.uk