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 en 2012-05-17 17:21 NIS complains about police surveillance at 'Countdown to Zero' screening http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a2151 surveillance of guests attending a recent screening of the documentary film 'Countdown to Zero' organised by NIS. ]]> Press and security services wrongly accuse Katia Zatuliveter http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a2115
NIS works regularly with Mike Hancock on areas of mutual interest, which include defence issues and the military nuclear programme.  Many of the Parliamentary Questions asked by Mike Hancock about the UK's nuclear weapons and nuclear powered submarines were suggested by NIS as potential lines of inquiry into the costs and safety of the UK's nuclear weapons programme, and to help establish whether the UK is sticking to its international legal obligations under the Non Proliferation Treaty.  

These are legitimate areas of public interest, and the suggestion that questions about the UK's nuclear weapons programme should be considered as a suspicious or unreasonable act is quite unacceptable in a democratic society. ]]> APPEAL REFUSED ON TRIDENT http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a1978 In the High Court on 26th January, Lord Justice Scott Baker refused NIS permission to appeal Mr. Justice Simon’s decision of 10th June 2008 not to grant permission to claim Judicial Review of the Government’s 2006 Defence White Paper and its decision to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system. The question of Consultation was not pursued.

Picture: NIS challenges the goverment on Trident at the High Court ]]> LEGAL CHALLENGE OF TRIDENT REPLACEMENT http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a1968 Date: Monday 26th January 2009, Time: 10.30am, Location: High Court, Strand, London

A date has been set for the Nuclear Information Service Appeal, calling for governmental accountability of the illegality of the replacement and maintenance of the UK’s nuclear weapon system proposed in the Government’s White Paper, ‘The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent’, published on 4 December 2006.

Picture: NIS challenges the goverment on Trident at the High Court]]> AWE Bylaws Legal Challenge http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a1954 High Court decision on AWE Bylaws in March 2008 is to be heard in the High Court of the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London on Wednesday, 26th November 2008.]]> District Judge dismisses Aldermaston SOCPA case http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a1942
In Newbury Magistrates Court, a District Judge dismissed a case of trespass on a nuclear licensed site against an Aldermaston peace campaigner. The prosecution under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act(SOCPA), failed to criminalise lawful protest.
Juliet McBride was arrested inside the perimeter fence at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in March 2007, during a no Trident replacement protest. ]]> Judicial Review of the government's decision to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/a1941 Dear Friends

Thank you for your support and interest in the NIS case against Trident.

We have now submitted our Appeal Skeleton Argument. The MoD have an opportunity to answer our points, then a High Court judge looks at both papers to assess the chances of a successful Appeal. If s/he refuses an Appeal, we have the right to an oral hearing when our barrister puts our case in the high court. If we are granted an Appeal on the papers alone, work starts to prepare the case in detail.

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