Dale Farm eviction ruling delayed – The Guardian
“Residents of Dale Farm will have to wait until next week to learn whether they have won or lost their high court battle against eviction.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: travellers
The Dale Farm Evictions – Garden Court Chambers Blog
“As we await the latest court judgment, Marina Sergides analyses the legal and social aspects of the Dale Farm case.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 6th October 2011
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
Bailiffs given permission to start clearing Dale Farm travellers’ site – Daily Telegraph
“Bailiffs have finally been given permission to start clearing the Dale Farm travellers’ site more than a fortnight after the eviction was supposed to start.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Travellers ‘in breach’ of the law – The Independent
“If the High Court allowed residents of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site to escape eviction it would ‘send out the wrong signal’ to the nation, a judge was told today. A victory for the travellers of Dale Farm, near Basildon, Essex, ‘would strike to the very principles of the rule of law’, said a barrister representing Basildon Council.”
The Independent, 29th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Egan v Basildon Borough Council – WLR Daily
Egan v Basildon Borough Council [2011] EWHC 2416 (QB); [2011] WLR (D) 280
“The date of construction of unlawfully erected buildings or structures could be critical when enforcement action was proposed pursuant to a notice to rectify breaches of planning control.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Dale Farm residents win further reprieve – The Guardian
“Judge extends injunction to stop evictions at illegal Travellers’ site, saying council enforcement notices lacked clarity.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fresh ruling due on Dale Farm traveller eviction – The Independent
“Travellers fighting to stay on the UK’s biggest illegal site should today discover whether they have won the latest round of a legal battle.”
The Independent, 26th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dale Farm residents prepare for latest court ruling – The Guardian
“The residents of Dale Farm are once again facing the prospect of imminent removal from their home as a judge prepares to rule on Friday morning whether the bailiffs can move in and mount one of the largest evictions in British history.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Reprieved Travellers are warned they face a bill for costs of delay – The Independent
“Families who celebrated a last-gasp reprieve which prevented their eviction from a Travellers’ site at Dale Farm in Essex on Monday have been warned they will be hit with a bill for the costs of the delay, should the temporary injunction be cancelled at a second hearing on Friday.”
The Independent, 21st September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Travellers win last-gasp delay – The Independent
“Residents of the UK’s biggest illegal travellers’ site tonight won a last-minute injunction temporarily halting moves to evict them from their homes.”
The Independent, 19th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dale Farm travellers lose court bid to halt eviction – BBC News
“A last-ditch bid to halt the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site, at Dale Farm in Essex, has been rejected by an appeal judge.”
BBC News, 16th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council ‘abusing law’ on travellers – The Independent
“A UN representative has accused a council of ‘violating international law’ over the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site.”
The Independent, 14th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Unwise’ eviction of Dale Farm Traveller camp must be halted, says UN – The Guardian
“The government must suspend the ‘immature and unwise’ eviction of 400 Travellers from Essex green belt and seek a peaceful solution, the UN and a European human rights group said.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dale Farm Travellers lose legal battle against eviction – The Guardian
“Lawyers for Travellers at Dale Farm have failed in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the eviction of families from the site.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dale Farm travellers’ eviction: High Court appeal due – BBC News
“A severely ill traveller living on an illegal site in Essex is going to the High Court to try to stop a council evicting her and other residents.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dale Farm Travellers prepare for imminent eviction battle – The Guardian
“UN warns of ‘grave breach of human rights’ if Travellers are forced to leave their homes as standoff over Essex site intensifies.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Evicted gipsies launch human rights claim – Daily Telegraph
“A gipsy family accused of making life a misery is using legal aid to fund a human rights challenge in the European courts for being evicted – from a travellers’ camp.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ignore headlines about squatters, government proposals target Gypsies and travellers – The Guardian
“The prime minister’s confirmation that the government will be bringing forward legislation for the criminalisation of trespass and the proposed removal of removal of legal aid from trespassers in the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill amount to the most significant changes to the law of trespass in England and Wales for generations.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB publishes literature review of legal needs – Legal Services Board
“The LSB has conducted a review of existing research literature into the needs of different groups of legal services consumers. The review summarises the legal needs of a variety of different groups, their methods of accessing legal services and where their needs are not met. The review helps to identify gaps in existing research and will be used to target our future research programme.”
The Legal Needs of Consumer Groups (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 21st April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Government to introduce new powers over traveller sites – BBC News
“A number of changes to tackle illegal gypsy and traveller sites are to be introduced, the government has said.”
BBC News, 24th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
