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Supreme Court concludes that it did not require an oral hearing to determine whether to refer a question of law to the Court of Justice of the European Union, notwithstanding that such oral hearings might be necessary, including in cases involving litigants in person.
Clarke J (nem diss): Environmental proceedings - costs of proceedings - Aarhus Convention - Art. 10a of Directive 85/337/EEC as inserted by Directive 2003/35/EC but now Art. 11 of the codified Directive 2011/92/EU - administration of justice in public - Article 34.1, Irish Constitution - access of public to written submissions - Practice Direction SC15 – Written Submissions of the 7th October, 2013 - applications for leave to appeal to Supreme Court - applications made without an oral hearing - s.7(1) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 as inserted by s.44 of the 2014 Act - advantages of an oral hearing - litigants in person - whether such litigants at a disadvantage against professional lawyers in oral hearings.
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