The High Court recently ruled against the UK government, saying it had acted in a “legally flawed” manner when it indicated it would lower the solar FIT from mid-December – nearly two weeks before a consultation on the changes had been completed.
On 4 January the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) lodged an appeal against the ruling.
Next week's hearing will be “rolled-up” so that a government application for permission to appeal and the appeal itself will be held on the same day, according to lawyers for environment group Friends of the Earth.
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