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Law digests: 28 October 2022

28 October 2022
Issue: 8000 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Appeal

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd and another v Persons Unknown and others [2022] EWHC 2364 (KB), [2022] All ER (D) 42 (Oct)

The King’s Bench Division dismissed the sixth defendant’s application to amend a draft injunction order, and it dismissed an application for permission to appeal against an earlier decision, having found that there were no prospects of success and no compelling reason why an appeal should be heard. In earlier proceedings, the court had granted the claimants injunctive relief against unnamed defendants and named defendants, to restrain what they contended were unlawful protests against the building of the HS2 railway, which had hindered its construction. The sixth defendant suggested, among other things, that there should be two orders and gave ideas for the draft order to be amended. The court disagreed and was satisfied that the issue had been appropriately considered in the draft judgment. Further, the court rejected the grounds of appeal suggested on behalf of the sixth defendant, who had argued, among other things, that the judge in earlier

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