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Valero Energy Ltd v Persons Unknown

[2024] EWHC 134 (KB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, King's Bench Division
Year2024
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Applying the Supreme Court's guidance in Wolverhampton CC v London Gypsies and Travellers, the court may grant a final contra mundum 'newcomer' injunction against persons unknown to restrain anticipated unlawful protest interfering with a claimant's operations, but only where compelling justification and the full procedural safeguards are satisfied, a final injunction binding the world being a 'nuclear option' akin to temporary legislation.

Area of Law

General

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