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The High Court renewed Rochdale Council’s Traveller Injunction for 12 months against Persons Unknown, finding it remained effective, proportionate, and justified.
The injunction against persons unknown is renewed for twelve months as the evidence demonstrates ongoing risk of unauthorised encampments, effectiveness of the existing order, and no material change of circumstances; procedural defects are remedied proportionately; shortfall in pitch provision does not undermine justification for the injunction.
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London Borough of Havering v Stokes & Ors [2025] EWHC 2603 (KB) (13 October 2025)
The High Court renewed a Havering injunction against persons unknown forming unauthorised encampments, granted relief from sanctions for late service, and suspended one site for 28 days.
The High Court renewed Rochdale Council’s injunction against Persons Unknown for 12 months, finding no material change in circumstances and that the order remained justified.
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council v Persons Unknown [2025] EWHC 1314 (KB) (28 May 2025)
The High Court renewed Rochdale’s traveller injunction against persons unknown for one year, finding no material change of circumstances and confirming the order remained justified.
The claimants proved, through overwhelming and unchallenged evidence, that repeated unauthorised encampments and associated activities caused significant harm, nuisance, and breaches of planning control within defined areas. Statutory and other remedies were inadequate. The court found it just, proportionate, and necessary to grant final injunctive relief, including against persons unknown, with a power of arrest, subject to strict territorial and temporal limits and procedural safeguards.
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The High Court renewed a Traveller injunction for one year against persons unknown in Basingstoke and Deane, finding a continuing need and adequate procedural safeguards.
The court found that the Claimant had established a sufficiently grave and imminent risk of unauthorised encampments and associated fly-tipping by named defendants and persons unknown, that other remedies were inadequate, and that the proposed injunctions were proportionate and justified. Borough-wide injunctions were granted against certain named defendants, site-specific injunctions against persons unknown, and a power of arrest was attached only in cases involving violence and serious harm.
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Thurrock Council v Stokes & Ors [2022] EWHC 1998 (QB) (27 July 2022)
The High Court considered Thurrock Council’s injunction claims over unauthorised encampments, focusing on service, fairness, and whether extra evidence could be relied on.
Thurrock Council v Stokes & Ors [2022] EWHC 1998 (QB) (27 July 2022)
High Court judgment in Thurrock Council’s Part 8 injunction claim over unauthorised encampments, focusing on service, notice, and procedural fairness.
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