Human rights

The Feed-In-Tariffs (FIT) scheme introduced by the defendant Department of Energy and Climate Change encouraged low-carbon generation of electricity by specified types of technology, including solar photovoltaic. The claimants complained that they had suffered substantial losses as a result of a proposed amendment to the FIT scheme, which was subsequently found by the courts to be unlawful. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed an appeal by the defendant and a cross-appeal by the claimants against the determination by a judge in the High Court of a number of preliminary issues.