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Website by
Magic Pumpkin
with thanks to
Chris Woodford
Save Our River!
Welcome to the website of
EarthRights solicitors:
a public & environmental law firm
for individuals, communities & campaigns.

Public Law
EarthRights solicitors specialise in many aspects of public law, including:
  • freedom of information & data protection
  • access to services
  • education
where official decisions may ultimately be challenged by Judicial Review... Read more>>

Legal Aid: We are franchised by the Legal Services Commission to conduct public law cases on legal aid.

Environmental Law
We have particular expertise on environmental issues - advising and representing individuals and campaigns on planning, pollution, wildlife and land law, appearing at public inquiries, and conducting legal challenges.

Over recent years we have acted on a large number of major development projects, including football stadia, road building schemes, sewage treatment works, incinerators and regeneration schemes; and on more local issues, such as phone masts and footpaths...Read more>>
Community Projects

We assist communities who wish to protect a common interest or achieve a shared goal. This can take the form of incorporating a community company in order to manage a local project, to applying for the registration of a village green to protect local green space...Read more>>

In all matters, we are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

NEWS: Victory for White Horse as Government rejects Westbury bypass
EarthRights' clients the White Horse Alliance have welcomed the Government decision to reject the proposed Westbury bypass plan as a victory for common sense and the determination of local people to defend one of the great landscapes of England.

The White Horse Alliance campaign has led local opposition to the bypass, and was represented at the public inquiry by EarthRights' solicitor Charlie Hopkins.

The Secretary of the White Horse Alliance, Pat Kinnersly said:

The inspectors agreed with our expert witnesses that this was a dud transport scheme on a route of no regional significance that should not be turned into a strategic highway from the M4 to the South coast ports. They agreed with the hundreds of local people who have consistently opposed the council's plans for building a road through the magnificent landscape below the historic white horse hill figure on the western scarp of Salisbury Plain. They thought a road here would wreck the tranquillity of the Wellhead Valley and the damage would not be justified by the small gains for the town centre. They criticised the lack of transport integration.

For further information, visit the Alliance's website.



Picture: White Horse Alliance.

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