Case 1: Handston Investments Limited v Abri Group Limited - The court refused to grant an interim injunction to pause construction that would significantly interfere with a neighbour’s rights to light. Instead, the Court...more
Case 1: The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd - The United Utilities sewerage network has around 100 ‘outfalls’ from which material emanating from sewers, sewage treatment works and pumping...more
In our recent article, we explored how to pre-empt and prevent anticipated trespass on your land through injunctions. But what do you do when it’s too late for that, and your property has been occupied by trespassers or...more
In Wolverhampton City Council and others v London Gypsies and Travellers and others, the Supreme Court has confirmed that injunctions can be imposed to prevent “newcomers” from occupying land unlawfully. That means that...more
Injunctions against “persons unknown” have recently garnered much attention, being deployed in both traditional scenarios such as to prevent traveller groups trespassing on land, and also against protestors or urban explorer...more
From abandoned tube stations and former WW2 bunkers to cranes and skyscrapers, it seems barely a week goes by without a news story (or Instagram post) appearing showing an urban explorer in an area once thought of as...more