Judgment: 2024-01-24 · Court archive

High Court refers Coillte information request dispute to EU court

The court sent five questions on anonymous and pseudonymous environmental information requests to the Court of Justice of the European Union, while postponing its decision on Coillte’s appeal.

High Court · [2024] IEHC 28

Who, what, where, when and why

Who

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What

The court sent five questions on anonymous and pseudonymous environmental information requests to the Court of Justice of the European Union, while postponing its decision on Coillte’s appeal.

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Why

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The High Court has referred five questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a dispute over whether applicants seeking environmental information may use anonymous or pseudonymous details. It adjourned the substantive determination of Coillte’s appeal pending the CJEU’s ruling; it did not decide whether the requests were valid.

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