Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council v Persons Unknown

Subject Matter

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 to be granted — Whether injunctions to bind newcomers to the proceedings — CPR rr 3.1(7), 38.2, 6.15, 8.2A(1), PD 8A, PD 25A

[2021] EWHC 1201 (QB); [2021] WLR(D) 290, QBD

INJUNCTION — Final — Persons unknown — Local authorities obtaining final injunctions against persons unknown to restrain unauthorised encampments on land — Judge calling in injunctions for reconsideration in light of subsequent legal developments — Whether court having power to grant final injunctions against persons unknown — Whether procedure adopted by judge appropriate — Whether limits on court’s power to grant injunctions against world — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 37 — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), s 187B

[2022] EWCA Civ 13; [2023] QB 295; [2022] 2 WLR 946; [2022] 4 All ER 51; [2022] JPL 43; [2022] WLR(D) 48, CA

INJUNCTION — Trespass — Persons unknown — Local authorities obtaining injunctions against persons unknown to restrain unauthorised encampments on land — Whether court having power to grant final injunctions against persons unknown — Whether limits on court’s power to grant injunctions against world — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 37

[2023] UKSC 47; [2024] AC 983; [2024] 2 WLR 45; [2024] 2 All ER 431; [2023] WLR(D) 513; The Times, 5 February 2024, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

Out-Law
Supreme Court puts conditions on injunctions against travellers Case comment

UK Human Rights Blog
A newcomer to the world of injunctions Case comment

UK Supreme Court Blog
Case Comment – Wolverhampton City Council and others v London Gypsies and Travellers and others Case comment

Becket Chambers
Does the Court have the power to grant newcomer injunctions? Case comment

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Application of the Overriding Objective - Equal footing 1.35

Statutory Authority 37.14

Substantive Cause of Action - Person unknown as defendant 37.19

Injunctions against Persons Unknown 88.28