British Hunting Ban Upheld
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British Hunting Ban Upheld





A campaign to protect hunting with hounds in Britain has been dealt a stunning blow in court.

Nine Law Lords unanimously ruled against a challenge by the Countryside Alliance claiming that the Hunting Act, which banned hunting with hounds in England, was invalid.

The hunt supporters’ challenge was based on the contention that the Parliament Act of 1949 – which can force bills through Parliament if the House of Lords repeatedly rejects them - was null and void. The Act was invoked to force the Hunting Act into law.

The Countryside Alliance argued that since the Parliament Act had been approved only by the House of Commons over 50 years ago, it was invalid and so would be too the legislation that passed when it was invoked.

The High Court and the Appeal Court had already rejected the sportsmen’s arguments, and the Law Lords, whose decision is final, concluded that the Parliament Act is legal.

The Countryside Alliance has a second challenge going through the courts in which it claims the human rights of those involved in the hunting community have been breached by the ban. The High Court rejected that claim in July and an appeal is pending.
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