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Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v McCormick and others [2016] EWHC 928 (Admin)
Animal Welfare Act 2006, s.8 – Animal fighting – Requirement for animal to be ‘placed with’ another ‘for the purpose of fighting
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R (Badger Trust) v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs [2014] EWHC 2909 (Admin)
Badger cull trial – Legitimate expectation – Whether disbandment of Independent Expert Panel breached unequivocal assurance by defendant so as to render it unlawful
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R (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2008] EWHC 2321 (Admin)
Animal welfare – Ventilation shutdown – Council Directive 93/119 – Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 – Incompatibility – Proportionality – Legal certainty
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Martyn Williams v Exors of the Estate of Derfyl Llewellyn Hawkes deceased [2017] EWCA Civ 1846
Animals Act 1971 – Escaped Charolais steer – Collision with motor car – Animal owner’s strict liability to land, property and people
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DPP v Wright [2009] EWHC 105 (Admin)
Hunting Act 2004, s.1 and sch.1 – Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, s.101 – Burden of proof of exempt activity – Whether hunting takes place absent a specific quarry
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Freeman v Higher Park Farm [2008] EWCA Civ 1185
Animals Act 1971, s.2(2) – ibid., s.5(2) – Liability for damage when thrown by bucking horse – Voluntary assumption of risk
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Wilson v Donaldson [2004] EWCA Civ 972
Negligence – Escape of animals – Third party intervention – Extent of landowner’s liability
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Mirvahedy v Henley & anor [2001] EWCA Civ 1749
Animals Act 1971, S.2 – Escape of animals onto highway – Extent of liability of owner
See also HL [2003] UKHL 16 -
R. (on the application of Humane League UK) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWCA Civ 1560
Animals – Agriculture – European Union – Animal welfare – Breeding – Codes of practice – Equal treatment – Poultry – Public policy
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Smith v. Davidson, [2025] S.A.C. (Civ.) 34
Claim forms – Damage to property – Defences – Fences – Heritable property – Notice – Reparation – Scotland – Straying of livestock
