Rural Life
Shropshire farmer banned from keeping animals for 5 years
A Whixhall farmer has been banned from keeping animals for five years – with immediate effect – following a prosecution...
Court
N.Ireland
Man convicted in NI suspected badger baiting case
A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted at Tyrone court for water pollution offence
A Co. Tyrone farmer pleaded guilty and was convicted at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court today (Monday, June 9) in relation to...
N.Ireland
Court: NI farmer fined for water pollution offence
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence arising from “farm effluent” being discharged...
Rural Life
Husband and wife sentenced after breaching animal welfare order
Two farmers from Orcheston, near Salisbury have been sentenced at Salisbury Magistrates Court after previously being found guilty of animal...
N.Ireland
Court: 70-year-old convicted for agricultural pollution
A 70-year-old man has been convicted and fined in court in Northern Ireland today (Monday, April 28) over an incident...
N.Ireland
Tree surgeon fined after death of employee while hedge cutting
A tree surgeon in Northern Ireland has been fined £27,500 for a health and safety breach arising from the death...
Agri-Business
Bayer ordered to pay over $2 billion in Roundup cancer claim
A court in the US state of Georgia has ordered pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Bayer to pay over $2 billion...
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer fined for polluting around 600m of NI waterway
A court in Northern Ireland has convicted and fined a Co. Fermanagh farmer for polluting around 600m of a waterway....
Environment
Greenpeace wins nitrogen legal case against Netherlands
A court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Greenpeace in their landmark legal battle against the Dutch state,...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted in court over TB notice
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court in relation to failure to adhere to rules regarding a...
N.Ireland
Co. Louth man extradited to NI and sentenced for waste ‘criminality’
The first person to be successfully extradited to Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to face charges...
Agri-Business
McDonald’s sues meat processors over alleged price-fixing
Fast food giant McDonald’s is taking a law suit in the United States where it is suing four major meat...
N.Ireland
Court: Conviction for transporting unfit animal
A Dungannon man has been convicted at Omagh Court today (Monday, September 9) on one charge of transporting an animal...
Environment
3 people prosecuted for illegal dumping of 26,000t of waste
Three people have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for the large-scale dumping of 26,000t of illegal waste, the equivalent...
Sheep
Derbyshire: Woman fined after dogs kill 15 sheep and injure 13
A woman has been ordered to pay a total of £750 after her dogs killed 15 sheep and injured a...
Rural Life
2 men remanded in custody over suspected theft of multiple GPS units
Two men have been remanded in custody to appear at Preston Crown Court next month over the suspected thefts of...
Agri-Business
Worcestershire man faces livestock ban after sheep found in 'appalling condition'
A Worcestershire man who kept sheep in “appalling conditions” has been banned by magistrates from keeping livestock for five years....
