Essex County Council and Thurrock Council have been granted an injunction which stops protests at an oil depot in Essex and outside all petrol station forecourts in Essex.
The injunction has been granted to stop protests outside the OIKOS bulk liquid storage site on Canvey Island.
Protests elsewhere in Essex have been causing significant disruption for residents and businesses and we have acted to protect our highways and the transport infrastructure.
This injunction (PDF, 2.85MB) was granted by the High Court at 11pm on Sunday 24 April. The injunction was updated on 27 May. Case management directions were given on Wednesday 20 December 2023.
Full documentation:
- Order of Mrs Justice Jefford DBE (PDF, 145.11kB)
- High Court Application Notice N244 (PDF, 144.38kB)
- Claim Form with attached Schedules and Annexes (PDF, 7.2MB)
- Evidence bundle (PDF, 11.19MB)
- Hearing bundle (PDF, 24.92MB)
- Hearing bundle 12 July 2024 (PDF, 101.81MB)
- QB-2022-001317 Thurrock Council v Laurie & Others (PDF, 1.61 MB)
- Client Account Details - Sharpe Pritchard LLP (PDF, 200KB)
Documents relating to the continuation of the injunction:
- Order of Mr Justice Bourne dated 30 October 2024 (PDF, 8.9MB)
- Witness Statement of Justin Skinner dated 8 August part 1 (PDF, 109 MB)
- Witness Statement of Justin Skinner dated 8 August part 2 (PDF, 82.9 MB)
- Witness Statement of Adewale Adesina dated 7 August (PDF, 115 MB)
- Order of Mr Justice Knowles dated 12 July 2024 (PDF, 14.44MB)
- Application Notice (244.55KB)
- Order For Service (10.12MB)
- 27 May 2022 Injunction (5.44MB)
- Rochdale Order (287.41kB)
- Nuneaton Order 268.07kB
- Varied Order (440.18kB)
- Fourth Witness Statement (PDF, 245.31KB)
- Sealed Application Notice (PDF, 1.57MB)
- Witness Statement of Adewale Adesina (PDF, 15.2MB)
- Witness Statement of Stephen Jennings (PDF, 236KB)
- Order of Mrs Justice Collins Rice (PDF, 750KB)
- Amended Claim Form by Order of Mrs Justice Collins Rice (PDF, 7.35MB)
- Fifth Witness Statement of Adam Rulewski dated 11 July 2024 and its exhibits (PDF, 7.53 MB)
Witness statement and exhibits from 26 June 2024:
- Witness statement of Adewale Adesina (docx, 124.76KB)
- Exhibit AA3-1 (PDF, 13.94MB)
- Exhibit AA3-2 (PDF, 5.14MB)
- Exhibit AA3-3 (PDF, 9.74MB)
- Exhibit AA3-4 (PDF, 228.8KB)
- Exhibit AA3-5 (PDF, 836.61KB))
- Exhibit AA3-6 (PDF, 17.3KB)
- Exhibit AA3-7 (PDF, 8.4MB)
- Exhibit AA3-8 (PDF, 2.18MB)
- Exhibit AA3-9 (PDF, 612.97KB)
- Exhibit AA3-10 (PDF, 1.01MB)
- Exhibit AA3-11 (PDF, 4.1MB)
- Exhibit AA3-12 (PDF, 256.59KB)
- Exhibit AA3-13 (PDF, 330.49KB)
- Exhibit AA3-14 (PDF, 1.74MB)