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High Court dismisses application for review of decision of Taxing Master in relation to alleged environmental cases.
Taxation of costs - review of decision by taxing master - Article 10a of Directive 85/337/EEC - requirement that persons with legitimate interest in decisions affecting environment have access to review procedure that was "fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive" - whether costs of unsuccessful litigant in three actions should be limited - whether taxation master wrong in law in failing to apply criteria - Order 99 rule 10(2), RSC - standard of review - whether taxing master was in error - section 27(3) of the Courts and Courts Officers Act, 1995 - whether injustice arose - Aarhus Convention - Directive 2003/35/EC - whether convention or directive in force at relevant time.
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