Licencemegroup Ltd & anr (claimants/appellants) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (defendant/respondent)
Wednesday 19 November 2025
The Appellants appeal the order of Lang J, sitting in the Administrative Court, by which she allowed their judicial review claim in respect of Grounds A(iv) and B(iii) (breach of the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) but noted that Section 31(2A)(a) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 applied and accordingly relief was refused. Lang J dismissed the judicial review claim on all other Grounds.
The Appellants sought judicial review of the Respondent’s decisions, on various dates in 2023, to make statutory instruments and issue guidance under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which prohibit and restrict ownership of XL Bully type dogs.
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