11th September 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Badger Trust live to fight another day Yesterday Lord Justice Maurice Kay granted the Badger Trust permission to appeal the High Court’s recent ruling against it. In April, the Secretary of State decided to continue with year two of the pilot badger culls without the oversight and evaluation of a panel of independent experts. Last month the High Court found that that decision was lawful. However, in a hearing that lasted less than 30 minutes, the Vice-president of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal agreed with the Trust that its arguments on appeal had a real, as opposed to merely fanciful, prospect of success. The court also ordered the substantive appeal hearing to be heard as soon as practicable. Following the good news, Jeff Hayden, Finance Director and the Trust’s lead on Judicial Challenges, who was in court, said: “Once again, our persistence has paid off. We now have a further opportunity to ensure the culls have independent scientific oversight, as the Badger Trust understood was promised by the Secretary of State. We are encouraged by the fact that the Court found that there was merit in the appeal, despite the culls having started only days ago. It is the Badger Trust’s position that any decision on further roll-out should be underscored by the appropriate involvement of an independent expert panel.” Contact: Dominic Dyer CEO Badger Trust
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:00:29 +0000
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