R (LJ Fairburn & Son Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Subject Matter

PUBLIC HEALTH — Prevention of disease — Avian influenza — Compensation — Poultry farmers entitled to compensation for healthy birds in flock condemned and slaughtered 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)

[2024] EWHC 65 (Admin); [2024] PTSR 656; [2024] WLR(D) 42, QBD

PUBLIC HEALTH — Prevention of disease — Avian influenza — Compensation — Poultry farmers entitled to compensation for healthy birds in flock condemned and slaughtered 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), Sch 3, para 5(2) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt II, art 1

[2024] EWCA Civ 1585; [2025] PTSR 1128; [2025] WLR(D) 9, CA

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