Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station activists sentenced – BBC News
“Two activists who planned to shut down a power station in Nottinghamshire have been given community orders.”
BBC News, 18th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: trespass
Court threat to Parliament Square protesters – The Independent
“Parliament Square peace protesters were threatened with court action today (17 January) unless they clear their makeshift camps from the pavement area by the end of the working week.”
The Independent, 17th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
IPCC to launch inquiry into collapsed case against environmental protesters – The Guardian
“Police watchdog called in to investigate reasons why prosecution fell apart.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Activists challenge convictions in wake of police spy revelations – The Guardian
“Twenty environmental activists are seeking to overturn recent criminal convictions in the wake of the Guardian’s revelations about a network of undercover police officers embedded deep in the movement.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Undercover officer ‘switched sides’ in power station trial – The Independent
“The trial of six people accused of trying to shut down one of Britain’s biggest power stations has collapsed amid claims that an undercover policeman who infiltrated their group offered to give evidence on their behalf.”
The Independent, 10th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ratcliffe coal protesters spared jail sentences – The Guardian
“Environmental activists who planned to shut down a coal-fired power station near Nottingham were spared jail today after a judge declared they acted with ‘the highest possible motives’.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ratcliffe activists found guilty of coal station plot – The Guardian
“Campaigners who planned to shut down coal-fired power station convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Al Fayed loses damages in fight over Oxted oil field – BBC News
“Mohamed Al Fayed’s battle for compensation after a company drilled for oil under his Surrey estate has been thrown out by the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another [2010] UKSC 35; [2010] WLR (D) 204
“Damages for trespass occasioned by an oil company drilling underneath another party’s land were to be assessed on the basis that the right to drill for oil was a compulsory acquisition under statute and, therefore, any additional value of the right of access attributable to the oil extraction scheme was to be disregarded.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Mayor of London (on behalf of the Greater London Authority) v Hall and others – WLR Daily
“The Mayor of London was entitled to an order for possession and an injunction against a number of defendants requiring them to leave a square opposite Parliament, even though title to the land was vested in the Crown, since it was implicit in ss 384 and 385 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which gave the Mayor complete control and regulation of the square, that the Mayor had the right to seek a possession order.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Democracy Village set to be demolished – The Guardian
“Democracy Village, a ragtag community of peace activists, pro-democracy campaigners and the homeless in central London, is about to be torn down.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parliament Sq. evictions case reaches Appeal Court – The Independent
“A legal battle to evict peace campaigners from historic Parliament Square Gardens is to reach the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 9th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Parliament Square protesters win eviction reprieve – The Guardian
“The Parliament Square peace camp remained in possession of the bleached square of grass in front of the Houses of Parliament today (2 July) after winning a stay of execution minutes before an eviction order was due to be imposed.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boris Johnson wins court order to evict Parliament Square protesters – The Guardian
“Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today won a high court order evicting protesters who have turned Parliament Square into a makeshift encampment.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge to rule Parliament Square protest – BBC News
“A High Court judge is to rule on a bid by London Mayor Boris Johnson to evict peace protesters from Parliament Square.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parliament Square eviction case a ‘collision of rights’ – BBC News
“The High Court has heard the Mayor of London’s attempt to evict Parliament Square protesters is a ‘collision of rights’.”
BBC News, 14th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boris Johnson brings legal action to remove Parliament Square peace protesters – The Guardian
“Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, is today bringing legal action to remove peace protesters camping in Parliament Square.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and others – WLR Daily
“Where travellers were trespassing in part of a wood owned by the claimant and threatened to go to some other wood owned by him if they were moved, an injunction to restrain such further trespass might be granted, but an order for possession in respect of other distinct woods not currently occupied by them could not be justified.”
WLR Daily, 1st December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Police end probe of 67 protesters – BBC News
“More than half the 114 people arrested in Nottingham over a suspected demonstration at a power station will not face charges, police have said.”
BBC News, 6th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and anr – WLR Daily
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and anr [2009] EWCA Civ 579; [2009] WLR (D) 187
“A party, under licence from the Crown to search for, bore and obtain oil, which drilled and used pipelines to extract the oil from land without the grant of permission by the owner of the paper title in exclusive possession of that land, committed a trespass, although such trespass was purely technical in that no interference was effected on the landowner’s use or enjoyment of his land, nor did the latter have any rights to the oil which belonged exclusively to the Crown and its licensee.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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