Shell UK Ltd v Persons Unknown

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Trespass — Persons unknown — Oil and gas companies obtaining interim injunctions against environmental protesters to prohibit unlawful activities — Whether grant of final injunctions unnecessary and disproportionate interference with protesters’ Convention rights — Whether injunctions in breach of Aarhus Convention — Applicability and legal relevance of Aarhus Convention in environmental protest injunctions — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 37 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 9, 10, 11 — Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998), art 3(8)

[2024] EWHC 3130 (KB); [2025] PTSR 1213; [2024] WLR(D) 537, KBD