Ms Angela Denning:

That was a decision made by the court to try to meet the balanced expectations of the court. European law in relation to the environment provides - it is there in the purpose of the legislation - that cases shall be dealt with in a manner in keeping with the heightened obligation concerning, in particular, proceedings such as the EU law obligation of expedition in relation to renewable energy projects. Some parts of legislation, therefore, expect that a hearing will be provided in a reasonable time. I suppose the question then is what a reasonable time is. You cannot say to somebody they can have a hearing in six months but that hearing can also take six months. We must think about everybody else on the list as well. The judges are trying to make the best of the resources that are there to try to get as many cases on as possible as quickly as possible, and calls have to be made.