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The Supreme Court has ruled that wide injunctions have a negative impact on the ability of Gypsies and Travellers to pursue a nomadic way of life. But it has also rejected an appeal lodged by London Gypsies and Travellers, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) and Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group (DGLG) in relation to the granting of wide …

LGT this week continued its legal challenge against councils’ use of “wide injunctions” to prevent Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on public land. Its case, being brought with two other Gypsy and Traveller charities, and supported by Friends of the Earth and Liberty, was heard on Wednesday and Thursday at the Supreme Court of the …

LGT and other organisations representing Gypsies and Travellers have been granted permission by the Supreme Court to continue their legal challenge against the use of “wide injunctions” against “persons unknown”, preventing Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on public land. “This is hugely welcome news,” said Debby Kennett, LGT’s Chief Executive. “We will again be supporting …

London Gypsies and Travellers has vowed to fight on, in the face of a court defeat which overturned previous rulings limiting the use of “wide injunctions” to prevent Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on public land. In January 2022, the Court of Appeal passed down a new judgement stating that courts can indeed grant final …

A judgment published today harshly criticises the use of wide injunctions as a blanket ban against Gypsies and Travellers who have nowhere to stop. Wide injunctions against “persons unknown” have been used by local authorities for the past six years to prevent Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on public land, despite councils not making any …

On Thursday 17th December 2020, a major case management hearing will take place ahead of an upcoming High Court case on anti-Traveller wide injunctions, due to be held in January 2021. Since 2015, councils have increasingly used injunctions to prevent Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on council-owned land. The majority of people who pull up …

All councils that have taken out “wide injunctions” preventing Gypsies and Travellers from camping on open land may have to withdraw them if a new High Court hearing – due in the New Year – goes against them. This new hearing, centering around Enfield Council, follows a landmark legal ruling in early 2020 saying that …

In the wake of the successful Court of Appeal challenge to London councils’ “wide injunctions” preventing camping on open land, London Gypsies and Travellers’ work continues to bring individual councils round to a more humane approach. Ilinca Diaconescu, LGT’s Policy and Campaigns Coordinator, provides an update on important developments in Enfield. At a High Court …

A landmark Court of Appeal judgment released today has criticised the use of wide injunctions which target Gypsy and Traveller encampments. The Court of Appeal handed down a very significant judgment, dismissing an appeal by Bromley Council against the High Court’s decision to refuse the Council’s application for an injunction against “persons unknown” stopping on public …

A vital court hearing on 3rd and 4th December will examine whether local councils can go ahead with injunctions outlawing Gypsies and Travellers from stopping on open land – and criminalising a centuries-old way of life. LGT, which has mounted a legal challenge against these orders, believes the injunctions break the Equality Act and discriminate …