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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
 The Countryside Alliance will challenge the Hunting Act 2004 in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Law Lords today rejected the appeal of the Alliance and others against the Hunting Act under Human Rights and European Law. |
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 |
 The House of Lords are hearing both the Human Rights and European Community Law challenges to the Hunting Act from 10 - 18 October 2007. These cases will be heard together. The actions claim the Hunting Act 2004 is incompatible with European Convention of Human Rights and infringes EU law. The case is brought by the Countryside Alliance and a number of individuals who have been affected by the Act. |
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Friday, 21 April 2006 |
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 A House of Lords Balloted Debate took place yesterday, Thursday 20 April. The debate was moved by Lord Harrison (Lab) and was entitled: "To call attention to the development of alternatives to fox hunting in the light of the Hunting Act 2004; and to move for papers."
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Thursday, 23 March 2006 |
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 The Appeal Hearing in the Human Rights and EU law cases has now concluded. Mr Sales, counsel for the defendants, presented his remaining arguments for the whole of Monday and for half an hour this morning.
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Thursday, 23 March 2006 |
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.jpg "Image") Monday and Tuesday morning was taken up by Richard Gordon arguing our appeal points on Article 8 (the right to private life), Article 11 (the right to freedom of assembly), Article 1, Protocol 1 (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) and Article 14 (the right not to be discriminated against) and the arguments on proportionality and justification.
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
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 The hearing for the Human Rights Act (the HRA) challenge commenced on 5 July 2005 and finished on 13 July 2005. The central point of dispute during the course of argument was whether or not the ban imposed by the Hunting Act was justified.
As you will be aware we are arguing that the Hunting Act is incompatible with various Convention rights protected under the HRA; specifically, Article 8 (the right to private life), Article 11 (the right to freedom of assembly), Article 1, Protocol 1 (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) and Article 14 (the right not to be discriminated against). At the same time as our case, two further challenges to the Hunting Act were heard. The first is a claim, brought by 17 claimants (the EU Claimants), that the Hunting Act interferes with certain rights protected by European Union Law; in particular, Article 28 (free movement of goods), Article 39 (free movement of workers) and Article 49 (freedom to provide and to receive services). The second is a claim brought by litigants in person, Mr Brian Friend and Mr Hugh Thomas, that the Hunting Act is both incompatible with the HRA and fails to comply with several United Kingdom International Treaty Obligations.
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Friday, 04 November 2005 |
 The nine Law Lords heard our appeal in two-day hearing on the 13 and 14 July 2005. In the judgement handed down on 13 October 2005 our appeal was rejected. There is no appeal from the Lords as there is no higher court in a case of this kind.
The judgement has profound constitutional implications. In effect any public bill, including one to amend the operation of the Parliament Act 1911, as amended by the Parliament Act 1949, can be passed by the Commons and Sovereign acting alone. Thus in effect there is nothing to stop the Parliament Acts procedure being used to reduce still further the delaying power of the House of Lords or abolish that House altogether.
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