The applicants were farmers. Their cattle were destroyed after contracting foot and mouth disease. Their land was used for the burning of the carcasses of their animals, and of animals from neighbouring farms. They were compensated inter alia for the use of their land for burning the carcasses of their neighbours, but not their own … Continue reading Dixon and Another, Regina (on the application of ) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: QBD 10 Apr 2002