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In the first ever private prosecution for Advocates for Animals, taken to trial, Advocates for Animals instructed Stephen Wells (Leading Junior) and Samuel March (Led Junior) to represent their client against a company director of a rehoming service company, who had breached their duty towards dogs and caused suffering.
Counsel were instructed in this ultimately successful private prosecution, brought by a volunteer at a dog rehoming service, against an ex-colleague who went on to start her own for-profit rehoming company and left dogs malnourished in squalid conditions. The defendant appealed to the Crown Court, and the prosecutor had insufficient funds to contest the appeal. Stephen assisted with persuading the CPS to take over the appeal, and was subsequently instructed at the appeal hearing in the Crown Court. The defendant’s conviction was upheld, as was her disqualification from keeping dogs.
RSPCA v G: Samuel March instructed as defence trial counsel in a private animal welfare case at Southampton Crown Court, where the owner of 29 cats was charged on a 13-count indictment with causing unnecessary suffering. Successfully argued that, in cases where an omission to provide veterinary care is alleged, the prosecution must show not just that steps had not been taken that “could” have alleviated the suffering (as argued by the prosecution), but must make the jury sure that, but for the alleged omission, the animal would not have suffered, or would have suffered less.
F v CPS This case was a High Court appeal, by way of case stated, before Lord Justice Coulson under s.28 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 from a...
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