[IS]LAND GRABBING, COMMUNITY STANDING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE

This event is being hosted by the Environmental Law and Justice Research Group at UCD Sutherland School of Law and the ERC project Property [In]Justice. It will take place on Thursday, 9 May 2024, at 2.00p.m in the William Fry Theatre (L143) at the Sutherland School of Law, and online via Zoom.

To register to attend this event please follow this Eventbrite link and enter your details, specifying whether you plan to attend in person or online: On 27 th February 2024, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in John Mussington and another (Appellants) v Development Control Authority and 2 others (Respondents) (Antigua and Barbuda) that the parties did have standing to challenge a private jet airport funded by developers to serve luxury tourist enclaves.

The Privy Council’s ruling has set a new legal precedent for local communities across Commonwealth jurisdictions where projects affect critically endangered ecosystems and local livelihoods, and is the first legal case to cite the Escazú Agreement, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, which entered into force in 2021. Join us for a dialogue with the appellants John Mussington and Jacklyn Frank, along with the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) about the implications for communities, their way of life and environmental justice.