Just a little bit more contextThe Environmental Court of AppealA...

Just a little bit more context

The Environmental Court of Appeal

A hearing of the Environmental Court of Appeal is more like a
general meeting than like an appellate court proceeding. Often the
hearing takes place in a conference room and testimony is taken
informally at a conference table. The court normally travels to the site
in dispute. The parties and the people living close to the site are
allowed to give comments to the court. They are all allowed to
represent themselves without attorneys. The court can require the
responsible local, regional and central authorities to give comments
on the case. The court can also require independent technical
institutes to comment on the case.

The hearing is conducted in a relaxed atmosphere not typical of
a court proceeding. The court normally sends an agenda to everyone
before the hearing. The chairing judge normally starts by going
through the agenda. Then it is up to the chairing judge to see that
everyone sticks to the agenda. Like all of Sweden’s judges, judges of
the Environmental Court of Appeal do not wear robes or wigs. The
participants do not have to stand when they address the court.


People will realize that there will be no rejection until at least September-December period(Autumn in Europe), 5 months for Talga to negotiate something out of this, and it means derisking.