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The firms involved — Shell, Equinor, and Ithaca Energy — say they should be allowed to carry on with drilling because permission was granted in good faith under the law as it was understood at the time.

For Shell, Christine O'Neill KC told the court that any temporary pause and resumption of works would not be straightforward and would amount to the Jackdaw project being "brought to a permanent end."

Shell, she said, had "acted lawfully" in relying on the government’s consent and should not "be punished" for doing so.

She said Shell accepted the existence of climate change; accepted that greenhouse gas emissions contributed to climate change; and accepted that urgent action was needed to tackle it.