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Esso Petroleum Company Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown

[2025] EWHC 1768 (KB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (King's Bench Division)
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On the annual review of a 'newcomer' injunction protecting petroleum infrastructure from protester trespass, the court's role is not to revisit the merits de novo but to assess whether the injunction has outlasted the compelling need that led to its grant, making only proportionate adjustments rather than fundamental changes to the relief.

Area of Law

General

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