CLP acted for Mr Elkundi and others and Deighton Pierce Glynn acted for Ms Imam. CLP instructed the barristers Zia Nabi and Joe Markus.for Mr Elkundi and others. Judgment was handed down on 4 May 2022.
Police Act Challenge
A blog about the above by Marc Willers and Ollie Persey of Garden Court Chambers and Chris Johnson of CLP has gone up on the Travellers Times Website:
Wide Injunction Application Dismissed
Thurrock Council v Stokes & ors [2022] EWHC 1998 (QB), 27 July 2022.
Thurrock sought an injunction to prevent unauthorised encampments and fly tipping covering all land in the council area. The application was against 106 named defendants and (as the 107th defendant) ‘persons unknown’. The claim against persons unknown stood and still stands adjourned.