A legal challenge to stop the operation of Glasgow's low emissions zone has been unsuccessful. Lawyers argued that the scheme was illegal and draconian, but the court ruled in favor of the local authority and Scottish Ministers.
to Scotland’s highest civil court has failed in a bid to stop the operation of the city’s low emissions zone .
Cars, lorries and other forms of transportation which do not meet emission guidelines are not allowed and drivers who break the regulations can be fined. She also wrote that the decision to operate the SEPA was in line with legal requirements to improve air quality and public health. "That was a serious matter, because there were legal obligations to meet NO₂ air quality objectives by 2005, yet information before Glasgow City Council indicated those objectives were still not being achieved many years later.
The judicial review was brought to the Court of Session by a firm that operates an accident repair centre in the city’s Townhead district. Mr McManus, who has also made financial donations to the Labour Party, said he wanted to get involved as he feels it will hit poorer people hardest. Lawyers for Paton and Sons claimed that their client’s human rights had been breached by the introduction of the LEZ. The court heard that this was because the firm would lose business making repairs to vehicles which weren’t compliant with low emission regulations.
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