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Dacorum Borough Council v Persons Unknown

[2026] EWHC 1174 (KB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (King's Bench Division)
Year2026
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

An interim injunction against persons unknown restraining unauthorised development and occupation of land may properly be continued where it is necessary and proportionate to the legitimate public objective, particularly where the defendants have entered the land and continued in flagrant defiance of an existing order and a temporary stop notice.

Area of Law

General

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