Further success on general licences – this time in Wales 18th January 2021 Earlier this morning, His Honour Justice Jarman handed down his judgment on Wild Justice’s judicial review of Natural Resources Wales’s… Read more >
Gamekeeping gets a change of job description 4th January 2021 Following reforms introduced as a result of Wild Justice’s legal challenges, the job description for gamekeepers in England has changed… Read more >
General licences in general and our challenge to the NRW general licences in particular 20th December 2020 This blog is about the licensing system for killing birds in Wales which is licensed by Natural Resources Wales. There… Read more >
General licences in England – Wild Justice legal challenges bring about significant reform 9th November 2020 Today DEFRA released new general licences which will apply in England from 1 January 2021 for the calendar year. This… Read more >
Permission granted for judicial review of Welsh general licences – we’re going to court. 3rd August 2020 Good news! This morning we heard from our legal team that the Hon Mr Justice Griffiths has granted us permission… Read more >
Applications for gull cull licences fall short of required standards. 5th May 2020 Natural England is waking up to the shambolic state of knowledge amongst those seeking licences for lethal killing of birds… Read more >
DEFRA roll out of general licences 14th February 2020 DEFRA has rolled out the existing scientifically flawed and, we believe, unlawful general licences for several more months. This is… Read more >
NRW – your general licences are unlawful 4th February 2020 Yesterday we sent this letter to Natural Resources Wales. It won’t have come as a shock to them as we… Read more >
Letter to DEFRA on general licences 29th January 2020 Yesterday Wild Justice’s lawyers sent this letter to DEFRA. Paragraphs 16, 17 and 18 sum it all up pretty well.… Read more >
