article_snippet: Lord Justice Beatson has criticised RSPCA during a court case over the investigation of a pair of a dog breeders whose animals were unlawfully inspected by the charity's officers .
article_snippet: RSPCA RSPCA has been rapped by a High Court judge over a botched investigation into dog breeders suspected of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
article_snippet: Lord Justice Beatson Lord Justice Beatson today threw out an application by RSPCA for judicial review of the decision to close the case - insisting it was important 'officers of the state' respected the restrictions on their powers.
article_snippet: RSPCA was challenging a decision of district judge Kenneth Sheraton at Colchester Magistrates' Court in June last year blocking the prosecution.
article_snippet: The case related to 42 Ridgebacks and two Hamiltonstovare seized from Deborah Fuller and Sheldrake's house in  Lawford, Essex, in August 2013, when RSPCA inspectors accompanied officers from Tendring Council and the police on to their property.
article_snippet: the dogs are currently being looked after by RSPCA.
article_snippet: RSPCA applied to the High Court in London for judicial review, arguing that even if the 'dominant purpose' of no warrant issued allowing an inspection of the condition of the dogs
article_snippet: RSPCA went to the High Court in Londonto have a criminal prosecution reviewed, but RSPCA claims were rejected .
highlights_snippet: RSPCA did not have the necessary powers to inspect the animals .
  
highlights_snippet: Agency went to High Court to have magistrates decision reviewed .
  
highlights_snippet: But senior judge throws out claims, backing restrictions on officers .