Chicken farm row reaches High Court – BBC News
‘Campaigners will be taking on Shropshire Council in the High Court as a seven-year dispute over an industrial-scale chicken farm continues.’
BBC News, 3rd october 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: agriculture
King Charles exempt from Wales’ farming-law prosecution – BBC News
‘King Charles cannot be prosecuted under a new farming law in an exemption reluctantly agreed by the Welsh government.’
BBC News, 10th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
River Wye pollution prompts chicken firm legal case – BBC News
‘A compensation claim has been launched against Avara, one of the UK’s biggest food producers, for allegedly damaging the River Wye.’
BBC News, 19th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
North Yorkshire farmer, 70, fined after woman trampled by cows – BBC News
‘A 70-year-old farmer has been fined after a dog walker was seriously injured when she was trampled by cows.’
BBC News, 14th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye – BBC News
‘Campaigners are taking the Environment Agency to court, accusing it of not stopping chicken manure polluting the River Wye.’
BBC News, 8th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Amendments at the appeal stage – Local Government Lawyer
‘Wheatcroft, then Holborn, now Bramley – the Planning Court has ruled on practicalities of amendments at appeal stage. Thea Osmund-Smith and Odette Chalaby provide a digest of the decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th December 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Migrant fruit picker who ‘struggled to buy food after being underpaid by British farm’ sues employers – The Independent
‘A migrant fruit picker is suing a British farm in a landmark employment tribunal over claims she was underpaid, worked six-day weeks and had to buy her own protective equipment.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
River Wye: Judicial review granted over agricultural pollution – BBC News
‘A judge has granted a judicial review into the way the Environment Agency (EA) in England enforces agricultural pollution laws.’
BBC News, 20th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU – The Guardian
‘The UK has failed to ban 36 pesticides that are not allowed for use in the EU, as campaigners say it is becoming the “toxic poster child of Europe”. Though ministers promised the UK would not water down EU-derived environmental standards after Brexit, there have been multiple instances of divergence since the country left the bloc.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Loophole lets farmers pollute England’s rivers with excess manure – report – The Guardian
‘A loophole in pollution legislation allows farmers to pollute rivers by spreading excess manure, an investigation has found, with those acting unlawfully not facing any action in most cases.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
New Judgment: Guest and another v Guest [2022] UKSC 27 – UKSC Blog
‘This appeal concerns the proper basis for awarding remedies in cases of proprietary estoppel. Proprietary estoppel arises when a person gives a promise or assurance to another person that they have or will be given an interest in property and that other person reasonably relies on the promise or assurance to their detriment.’
UKSC Blog, 19th October 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Environment Agency told to protect wetlands in landmark court case – The Guardian
‘The high court has ordered the Environment Agency to reduce water abstraction and protect England’s rare wetland habitats, in a landmark case that confirms that European nature conservation laws remain enforceable despite Britain having left the EU.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Government retracts ‘unlawful’ pollution guidance for England’s farms – The Guardian
‘Guidance that would have allowed farmers to spread manures and slurry on land in a way that would overload it with nutrients and risk pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters has been changed by Defra, after a challenge over its lawfulness.’
The Guardian , 20th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Fury as government waters down post-Brexit food standards – The Guardian
‘Animal welfare campaigners, food policy experts and farmers have reacted with fury after the government watered down post-Brexit trade deal standards in its food strategy, released on Monday.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Council facing judicial review challenge over approval of plans to double size of poultry farm – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judicial review application has been made against Powys County Council over its decision to grant planning permission for the expansion of a poultry farm that is in the catchment area of a Special Area of Conservation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Breaches of English farm pollution laws rise as rules remain largely unenforced – The Guardian
‘The number of documented violations of legislation designed to reduce water pollution caused by agriculture in England has hit record levels as the rules remain largely unenforced.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Jeremy Clarkson Diddly Squat Farm restaurant refused permission – BBC News
‘A planned new restaurant for TV personality Jeremy Clarkson’s Oxfordshire farm has been refused permission.’
BBC News, 10th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court puts squeeze on orange juice cartel damages claims – OUT-LAW.com
‘A Brazilian company accused of being involved in an illegal cartel will not have to face mass damages claims in the UK after the High Court in London ruled that it does not have jurisdiction to consider the case.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Final legal effort to save Geronimo the alpaca thrown out by judge – The Guardian
‘A last-ditch legal attempt to save Geronimo the alpaca has been rejected by a high court judge.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Perils of going against officer advice – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Skiing off-piste is dangerous. Reasons include instability of snow, hidden rocks and cliff edges and inaccessibility. Similarly, if local authority planning committee members go ‘off-piste’ in determining an issue against officer recommendations, without giving intelligible and adequate reasons for doing so, their decision risks a fatal crash in the High Court. So on 21 May 2021 Mrs Justice Tipples quashed planning consent given by Cornwall County Council for the development of a detached two-storey agricultural dwelling with garage and parking in the Rame Head area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) against officer recommendations. This was because the council ‘was under a common law duty to give reasons for the grant of planning permission’ and it was ‘a case where the defects in reasons go to the heart of the justification for permission and undermine its validity.’ The case in question was R (Cross) v Cornwall Council [2021] EWHC 1323 (Admin).’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th July 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
