Transport for London bosses have requested a Excessive Courtroom decide to allow them to take authorized motion in opposition to greater than 180 named folks following the intensification of Simply Cease Oil protests.
Legal professionals representing TfL informed Mr Justice Freedman on Thursday that because the begin of October “protest exercise” has “very largely targeted” on London roads.
They informed the decide at a Excessive Courtroom listening to in London that the “deliberate blocking” of roads brought on critical disruption and created a “threat to life”.
Earlier this month one other Excessive Courtroom decide granted an injunction in opposition to 62 named “defendants” and in opposition to “individuals unknown”.
Mrs Justice Yip’s order barred the blocking of specified roads in London.
Legal professionals informed Mr Justice Freedman that TfL – a “visitors authority” for “essential” roads in Better London – wished to take authorized motion in opposition to an extra 121 named folks, bringing the full variety of named defendants to 183.
Mr Justice Freedman is because of ship a ruling on TfL’s software on Monday.
He dominated that the injunction granted by Mrs Justice Yip ought to stay in place.
Mrs Justice Yip additionally made an order saying the Metropolitan Police ought to “disclose” to TfL the names and addresses of individuals arrested on account of protests.
Barrister Andrew Fraser-Urquhart KC, who led TfL’s authorized workforce, informed Mr Justice Freedman that the drive has disclosed the names of “additional such folks”.
He stated that as of Wednesday 1,900 arrests have been “made from Justice Cease Oil protesters” because the begin of April – with 585 made because the begin of October.
A written argument ready by TfL legal professionals didn't give the names of all of the folks the organisation wish to take authorized motion in opposition to – and names weren't given on the listening to.
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