Following a legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and two solar firms, Solarcentury and HomeSun, the High Court ruled just before Christmas that Government plans to cut payments for any solar scheme completed after 12 December 2011 – 11 days before an official consultation into the proposal had even closed – were unlawful.

The Court of Appeal will rule whether or not to allow the Government appeal – and if it does, will give judgement on it. The Government made its application for an appeal, and made the case for the appeal itself, at an earlier hearing.

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has already made provisions for a 3 March 2012 deadline for the reduced solar feed-in tariff should it lose the court appeal.

Keep your eye on the website for the judgement as it comes in.