Critical factual evidence and arguments relied upon in Georgina's Judicial Review legal case is now available
Witness Statement 1 - this provided the personal background, and history of the issue and Georgina's investigations, that led to her application for Judicial Review | Adobe PDF
Witness Statement 2 - this 149 page statement detailed the critical factual evidence and arguments that provided the basis of Georgina's legal challenge. The case and arguments were based on the Government's very own documents, findings and statements, and showed that the Government has fundamentally failed to: 1) protect public health, particularly residents; 2) act on the evidence of the risk of harm, and further than that, 3) act on the evidence of harm that is occurring; 4) act on its own findings of exceedances of the safety limits set for exposure (the so-called Acceptable Operator Exposure Level (AOEL)), in some cases an order of magnitude higher, any exceedance of which on the Government's own previously stated case, would lead to immediate action of authorizations being refused (or trigger prohibition if already approved)| Executive Summary of the critical factual evidence and arguments contained in Georgina's second Witness Statement| Adobe PDF Witness Statement 3 - this statement was in response to points made in the second Witness Statement of Paul Hamey on behalf of DEFRA | Adobe PDF Witness Statement 4 - this statement was in response to points made in the first Witness Statement of Kerr Wilson on behalf of DEFRA, regarding DEFRA's application for a stay of the Judgment of Collins J dated 14th November 2008, and for expedition in relation to the listing of the appeal hearing in the Court of Appeal | Adobe PDF Witness Statement 5 - this statement was in response to points made in the second Witness Statement of Kerr Wilson on behalf of DEFRA, regarding DEFRA's renewed application for a stay of the Judgment and Order of Collins J | Adobe PDF Witness Statement 6 - this statement (which Georgina had to put together in just 8 days) provided further information in relation to Georgina's own personal health problems, pesticide exposure, and blood and fat test results etc. and was specifically submitted in response to points made in the third Witness Statement of Paul Hamey on behalf of DEFRA. This statement also provided further evidence of the devastating health impacts that pesticides can cause, including both individually and in mixtures, particularly in relation to neurotoxicity and related neurological damage/injury, as well as various cancers, impacts on bones resulting in bone diseases such as osteoporosis, effects on the immune system, organ damage, genetic damage, mutagenic effects, reproductive effects, birth defects, cardiovascular effects, respiratory effects, hormone disrupting effects, effects on the skin and eyes, and effects on cell profileration, cell cycle, and cell communication| Adobe PDF
*Please note that important information is also contained in the various footnotes, as well as the main text of the various Witness Statements. **Please note that Witness Statements 1, 2 and 3 were relied upon in the High Court hearing (and were also before the Court of Appeal). Witness Statements 4, 5 and 6 were submitted as part of the Court of Appeal proceedings only, as they were subsequent to the High Court proceedings.
Important legal notice: Please be aware that all material and information produced by Georgina Downs for the purposes of her Judicial Review legal case is protected by copyright law. These Witness Statements produced by Georgina Downs are the intellectual property of Georgina Downs (Witness Statement 1 (C) 2006; Witness Statements 2 and 3 (C) 2008; Witness Statements 4, 5 and 6 (C) 2009) and no portion of the Witness Statements (whether found on this website or elsewhere) may be reproduced, recorded, stored or used in anyway without a) keeping it in the full context written and b) reference to where the information was obtained and to the author, Georgina Downs, as the copyright holder. Therefore if any reference is made to any of the content of these Witness Statements or the arguments contained therein then it must be accompanied by the wording "taken from the [first/second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth]Witness Statement of Georgina Downs in her Judicial Review legal action, Georgina Downs v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs." The author asserts her moral rights generally in respect to each of these Witness Statements. Copyright © Georgina Downs 2009. All rights reserved |