Peers inflict defeats on government anti-protest measures
Key parts of government plans to crack down on protest were blocked in the House of Lords yesterday.
Key parts of government plans to crack down on protest were blocked in the House of Lords yesterday.
An environmental campaigner who brought a legal challenge over the climate impact of onshore oil production has applied to take her case to the final court in the UK.
Three campaigners have lost their legal challenge to the UK’s oil and gas strategy.
Campaigners who challenged the lawfulness of the UK government’s climate policies have lost their fight at the High Court.
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.
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.
Friends of the Earth has launched legal proceedings to try to force Cuadrilla to “substantially reduce” the scale of its injunction against anti-fracking protests.
Six anti-fracking protesters locked themselves together outside Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site this morning in the first challenge to the company’s protest injunction. Cuadrilla has said it is taking legal action against them.
Cuadrilla has secured a 40-day injunction against protests at its fracking site near Blackpool.
The exploration company, UK Oil and Gas, has applied for a wide-reaching injunction against anti-drilling protests at sites in West Sussex and Surrey.