Last year is memorable for a number of cases where fundamental legal principles were considered by the courts. Perhaps the most interesting minerals case of the year concerned Bleaklow Industries and MMC Midlands, where planning permission had been granted for the winning and worldng of fluorspar in the Peak District national park.At first instance Mr Justice Sullivan held that the permission authorised the removal and thus the winning and working of so much of the host rock as was necessary to win and work the fluorspar.The Court of Appeal overruled him, holding that the permission did not allow large-scale commercial removal of limestone extracted in the course of winning the fluorspar.
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