The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 42
King’s Bench Division
Rex (LJ Fairburn & Son Ltd and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
[2024] EWHC 65 (Admin)
2023 Dec 12, 13; 2024 Jan 19
Hill J
Public health— Prevention of disease— Avian flu— Compensation— Poultry farmers entitled to compensation for slaughter of healthy birds within mandated cull to prevent spread of disease— Whether compensation to be calculated on basis of number of healthy birds at time of condemnation or slaughter— Whether historic and current policies lawful—
Animal Health Act 1981 (c 22), s 88(3), Sch 3, para 5(2)