Barons Pub Company Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v Staines Magistrates’ Court: Admn 18 Apr 2013

The company sought judicial review of a refusal to dismiss charges against them under the 2006 Regulations as an abuse of process.
Held: Magistrates have no power of review of a prosecutorial decision other than through an abuse of process application. In this case the Council had followed their own procedures in moving from their first complaint and subsequent visit through to the issuing of the summons, allowing the company appropriate opportunity to clean the premises or to close them until cleaned.

Judges:

Simon J

Citations:

[2013] EWHC 898 (Admin)

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006

Cited by:

CitedQRS v Beach and Another QBD 26-Sep-2014
The court gave its reasons for granting an interim injunction to prevent the defendants publshing materials on their web-sites which were said to harrass the claimants.
Held: Whilst it was important to protect the identity of the claimants, . .
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Criminal Practice, Magistrates

Updated: 17 November 2022; Ref: scu.472681