Fox hunting ban ruling [UK HL]

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Fox hunting ban ruling [UK HL]

November 28, 2007 08:48:00 pm

R (on the application of Countryside Alliance and others and others (Appellants)) v Her Majesty's Attorney General and another (Respondents), House of Lords, November 28, 2007 [upholding a controversial ban on hunting with hounds under the Hunting Act 2004 on the grounds that overturning it would subvert the democratic process as opponents of the ban had not succeeded in Parliament]. Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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