A court ruling requires the British government to consider the potential climate impact of the oil and gas produced in the North Sea.

The approval of the North Sea oil fields has been quashed while a revised environmental impact assessment is submitted.

A legal challenge by green campaigners to block drilling at the massive proposed development off Shetland has been upheld by the Court of Session.

Consent for two oil and gas fields off Scotland's coast was unlawful, Scotland's highest civil court has ruled. Campaigners challenged the UK Government on its permissions for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields.

The proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea have been ruled unlawful by the Court of Session in Edinburgh

The decision at Scotland’s Court of Session means the Labour Government will now have to decide whether to approve drilling for the fuel fossil projects

Permissions for Shell’s Jackdaw and Equinor’s Rosebank oil and gas fields were granted unlawfully, Scottish court rules, & fresh consent needs to be sought

Sir Keir Starmer has been told to "get serious" about economic growth and sign off two North Sea oil fields blocked by the courts. Eco-campaigners Greenpeace and Uplift brought a challenge at the Court of Session in Edinburgh over decisions to give approval to the Rosebank oil field northwest of Shetland and the Jackdaw gas field off Aberdeen.

Britain’s two biggest offshore oil and gas developments have been blocked from producing any fossil fuels after a judge quashed their production permits in a row over greenhouse

A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government before production can begin.

Greenpeace and Uplift argued at the Court of Session in Edinburgh that process had not been followed in granting consent for the Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field.