The Guardian reports that American billionaire Donald Trump's legal challenger has been denied by a Scottish court against a major experimental windfarm currently being built near his golf resort, which is located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Trump, who is also a property developer, said that the first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond took part in the decision to build an 11-turbine European offshore wind deployment center site secretly. The windfarm is planned to be built in Aberdeen Bay. Civil court judge Lord Doherty has since dismissed Trump's claim regarding Salmond.
The UK newspaper said Doherty on Tuesday ruled that the human rights of Trump were not relevant to the case. The judge reportedly said that he was satisfied that the planning minister took into account, he experimental nature of the wind farm project.
Doherty said, "(Salmond) was not persuaded that the fair-minded and informed observer would conclude that there was a real possibility of bias on the part of the decision-maker; or that the decision not to have a public inquiry had been unreasonable or unlawful."
The Guardian also said that Trump claimed that the decision to approve the wind farm did not undergo a full planning inquiry even though it was not known what type of wind turbines will be used in the farm and the different types of machines that could be used in the farm at different schedules.
The Trump Organization, pertaining to the controversial wind farm European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, issued a statement in New York in response to the ruling, "Today's decision has not altered our unwavering commitment to protect our investment in Scotland. We are reviewing Lord Doherty's decision and will pursue the legal options available to us as recommended by our counsel. Communities worldwide continue to challenge the destructive proliferation of wind turbines and we will remain a fierce opponent at the forefront of this battle. Despite today's decision, the EOWDC proposal has numerous economic and legal obstacles that will ultimately prevent its construction."
