The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2020] PTSR 1767
Supreme Court
Regina (Highbury Poultry Farm Ltd)
v
Telford Magistrates’ Court
[2020] UKSC 39
2020 June 25;Oct 16
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows JJSC
Animal— Welfare— Slaughter of animal— Claimant operating poultry slaughterhouse charged with animal welfare offences in relation to slaughter of chickens— Whether claimant liable for acts of its operatives without proof of mens rea or culpability—
Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1782), reg 30(1)(g)
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009, arts 3(1), 15(1), Annex III, point 3.2