Roblyn v Director of Public Prosecutions

Subject Matter

ENVIRONMENT — Natural habitats — Conservation of wild fauna and flora — Defendant protesting in tree to be felled during HS2 construction work — Defendant convicted of hindering HS2 workman in use of tools with view to causing him to abstain from doing lawful act — Whether offence committed where evidence that felling tree might constitute wildlife crime — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c 69), s 1(1)(5) — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c 52), s 241(1)(c) — High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Act 2017 (c 7) — Conservation of Species and Habitats Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1012), reg 43(1)

[2021] EWHC 3055 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 488; [2021] WLR(D) 578, DC