The Federal Court this week fined Pirovic Enterprises Pty Ltd $300,000 for misleading consumers that their eggs were free-range. The decision was reported in various media outlets, including ABC News. The ACCC believes this decision will set a precedent for future cases as the court has effectively defined what constitutes a free-range claim, being that…
Founder and inaugural Chair (2006 to 2014), Graeme McEwen, has stepped down as Panel Chair so that he may focus on Counsel for Animals International, a new group with lawyer support in 17 countries. A CAI website is under construction: counselforanimalsinternational.org. Graeme remains as a director of the Panel board and will still act as…
Earlier this year, Bonnie was surrendered by her owner to an outer-Eastern Sydney pound. Bonnie was then administered a temperament test. She failed. Hearing of her plight, the Panel approached the relevant Council and asked if it would agree to a program of rehabilitation / retraining for Bonnie with an appropriate animal behaviourist arranged by…
Judgement was delivered this morning by the Court of Appeal of the Victorian Supreme Court in the matter of the dog, ‘Izzy’ (see the Panel’s Facebook posts of 17 June and 6 September 2014). ‘Izzy’ lost the appeal. The appeal principally concerned questions of procedural fairness about the manner in which the Council arrived at…