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Farm fined after young female worker killed in unsafe tractor – Daily Telegraph

sally — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:56:51 +0000

“A farm has been fined £80,000 after a young farm worker was killed when the tractor she was driving overturned in a sloping field.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sheep snow deaths: Farmers could get law change – BBC News

sally — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:39:59 +0000

“Laws that prevent farmers burying dead animals could be relaxed to help those struggling after hundreds of sheep died in the recent snow.”

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BBC News, 2nd April 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pioneer Hi Bred Italia Srl v Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali – WLR Daily

tracey — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:19:36 +0000

Pioneer Hi Bred Italia Srl v Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali: (Case C-36/11); [2012] WLR (D) 262

“The cultivation of genetically modified organisms such as the MON 810 maize varieties could not be made subject to a national authorisation procedure when the use and marketing of those varieties were authorised pursuant to article 20 of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed and where those varieties had been accepted for inclusion in the common catalogue provided for in Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species as amended by Regulation No 1829/2003.”

WLR Daily, 6th September 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Red Tractor ‘pork not porkies’ ads banned – The Guardian

tracey — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:48:39 +0000

“Three ads trumpeting the high welfare standards of pork sold with the Red Tractor quality mark have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found the claims could mislead consumers into thinking pig welfare in Britain was better than it is.”

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The Guardian, 29th August 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Campaigners win Woolley Valley land battle – The Independent

sally — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:29:39 +0000

“A campaign group has won a High Court battle over the agricultural use of Green Belt land formerly owned by broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby for intensive poultry farming.”

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The Independent, 27th July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Mega pig-farm could breach human rights, council warned – The Guardian

sally — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:59:32 +0000

“Controversial plans to build a US-style mega pig-farm in South Derbyshire close to a prison and residential housing pose serious health risks to those living and working there and could breach their legal rights to protection of their private and family life, the local council is being warned.”

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The Guardian, 10th February 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sibsey poultry farm Moy Park fined for chicken smells – BBC News

sally — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:27:36 +0000

“A Lincolnshire poultry farm has been fined for allowing ‘nauseating’ smells to affect nearby residents.”

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BBC News, 24th March 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Soil Association given libel warning after objection to huge pig farm – The Guardian

sally — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:38:43 +0000

“When a charity objected to plans for a pig factory for up to 25,000 animals, they expected a fight. But now the battle looks likely to intensify after the leading London lawyers Carter-Ruck threatened libel proceedings.”

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The Guardian, 18th January 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina (TA Gwillim & Sons) v Welsh Ministers – WLR Daily

sally — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:47:39 +0000

Regina (TA Gwillim & Sons) v Welsh Ministers 2010] EWCA Civ 1048; [2010] WLR (D) 243

“In calculating financial support for farmers under the single payment scheme in Council Regulation (EC) No 1872/2003, a farmer could qualify as a hardship case within art 40 of that Regulation if his ‘production was adversely affected’ in the reference period 2000–2002. He could establish that his production had been adversely affected by reason of agri-environmental commitments not only where he had suffered a dip or reduction in production, but also if he could show that such commitments had prevented or restricted an increase in production.”

WLR Daily, 7th October 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Legal challenge to farmer’s green scheme in Talgarth – BBC News

sally — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:08:17 +0000

“A national park has launched a legal challenge against the Welsh Assembly Government after it said a green energy plant could be built on a farm.”

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BBC News, 8th April 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk