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[2022] WLR(D) 48
Court of Appeal
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and others
v
Persons Unknown and others
[2022] EWCA Civ 13
2021 Nov 30, Dec 1, 2; 2022 Jan 13
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Lewison, Elisabeth Laing LJJ
Practice— Parties— Persons unknown— Local authorities applying for injunctions against travellers to restrain unauthorised encampments on land— Interim injunctions granted against persons unknown— Whether final injunctions only to be granted against identified persons— Whether injunctions to bind newcomers to proceedings— Whether judge entitled to call in final court orders for revision in light of subsequent legal developments— Whether statutory jurisdiction to make orders against persons unknown to restrain actual or apprehended breach of planning control validating orders made— Whether court entitled to limit in advance types of injunction possible to be made against all world in future cases—
Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 37
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Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), s 187B
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CPR
rr 3.1(7), PD 8A, para 20