Court date set for legal challenge over oil and gas clean-up costs
A legal challenge against the oil and gas industry regulator will be heard at the High Court next month (July 2020).
Updated: Protest at Horse Hill oil site
Reports from the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey this morning say protesters breached security and got into the compound at dawn, preventing the start of work.
Campaigners celebrate changes to UKOG protest injunction
The High Court has reduced the scope of the injunction granted to UK Oil & Gas plc against protests at its exploration sites in Sussex and Surrey.
“Fake Facebook account” allegedly used for UKOG protest injunction, court told
A fake Facebook account was allegedly used to send messages to people about changes to the UK Oil & Gas injunction against protests.
Women win right to continue challenge to UKOG protest injunction
Five women campaigners have welcomed a legal ruling which allows them to continue their long-running opposition to an injunction against protests at oil sites in Sussex and Surrey.
Oil company seeks to block campaigners from injunction challenge
Lawyers for UK Oil & Gas said five women campaigners should be barred from trying to quash an injunction against protests at its sites in Surrey and Sussex.
April 2020 diary
DrillOrDrop’s listing of events about UK onshore oil and gas and campaigns.
UKOG injunction accused of “bullying” and “breach of right to protest”
A group of campaigners will argue at the High Court tomorrow (2/4/2020) that an oil company’s injunction against protest is “unlawful, unfair and breaches the rights to free speech”.
Campaigner seeks legal challenge over ownership change of fracking firm Cuadrilla
A government agency has been accused of acting unlawfully in the way it dealt with the change of ownership of the fracking firm, Cuadrilla.
Oil company seeks to add 100+ people to protest injunction
The oil company, UKOG, has listed 116 extra people who it says should be covered by a High Court injunction granted against protests at its drilling sites.
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