LJ Fairburn & Son Ltd & ors (claimants/respondents) v The Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (defendant/appellant)

Thursday 7 November 2024

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 13 February 2024 the Appellant Secretary of State (Respondent below) appeals the order of Hill J dated 19 January 2024 by which the Claimant’s judicial review challenge was upheld on grounds 1 and 3, and the Secretary of State ordered to re-consider the compensation payable to the Claimants.

The judicial review claim was a challenge to a series of decisions and the policy relating to the payment of compensation for the condemnation to slaughter of healthy birds to curb the spread of Avian Influenza under the Animal Health Act 1981.

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Part 1

Part 2