Minister for the Environment v Sharma
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | Full Federal Court (Australia) |
| Judgment Date | 15 March 2022 |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] FCAFC 35 |
| Date | 15 March 2022 |
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Sharma appeal decision: end of the road for novel duty of care?
...Federal Court of Australia has ruled on appeal in Minister for the Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 35 that the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment does not owe a duty of care to Australian children to protect them from the physical harms of climate change which may arise in granting......
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The Climate Report | Fourth Quarter 2022
...emissions targets.The class action follows a decision of the full court of the federal court in Minister for the Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 35 in March 2022 which held that the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment does not owe a duty of care to children in Australia to protect t......
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Wave Of Climate-Related Actions By First Nations Peoples Considered Precedent-Setting
...emissions targets. The class action follows a decision of the full court of the federal court in Minister for the Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 35 in March 2022 which held that the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment does not owe a duty of care to children in Australia to protect ......
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Novel duties of care – Exercise of Ministerial power under statute.
...falling within the usual topics covered in this blog, Minister for the Environment v Sharma [2022] FCAFC 35 (on JADE) is an important appellate consideration of a potential duty of care by a Minister (in this case, the Minister for the Environment) when exercising statutory powers. In accor......
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