Verdict expected on FMD inquiry challenge

A High Court verdict on whether the British Government acted lawfully in refusing to hold a full public inquiry into last year’s foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is due to be delivered in London today.

Verdict expected on FMD inquiry challenge

A High Court verdict on whether the British Government acted lawfully in refusing to hold a full public inquiry into last year’s foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is due to be delivered in London today.

Lawyers for a group of farmers and others affected by the outbreak have argued that the British government’s ‘‘quick fix’’ approach in holding three short inquiries with no public hearing of evidence was inadequate.

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