Cases

Colgan v Kennel Club

Issue

Whether the disiciplinary procedure adopted by the Club had been unfair in that the ban had been imposed without an oral hearing, and without giving her the chance to appeal. The penalty had the effect of ending her career in the dog world and depriving her of her livelihood and there was an issue as to whether the penalty was disproprtionate to the offence and whether the Club had an implied contractual obligation to come to the correct decision on penalty. The convictions imposed by the magistrates became spent on 19 July 1999, therefore there was a further argument on whether the Club's ban could lawfully be imposed beyond that date (the Claimant relied on s.4 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974).

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