Charity calls for court to livestream Heathrow third runway challenge

Streaming case online will raise awareness of climate change, barrister argues

A high court challenge to the government's controversial plan for a third runway at Heathrow could be opened up to a mass audience through livestreaming for the first time if judges accept a legal argument.

Although the supreme court has transmitted its hearings since 2009, photography and recording of court proceedings elsewhere are strictly controlled by the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which only permits cases in the court of appeal to be broadcast.