London borough secures permanent injunction from family occupying any one of 26 parks

The London Borough of Hackney has secured a permanent High Court injunction prohibiting 15 identified members of a travelling family from occupying any one of 26 parks within the area.

An interim order had previously been made after family members had stopped on three parks within the Hackney area in rapid succession.

They sought to judicially review decisions to serve directions under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, but failed.

The Court made the interim injunction permanent on 16 March 2015. The 26 parks were seen as those most at risk of occupation.

Hackney made the claim for an injunction based both on its ownership of the relevant land and in the exercise of its planning powers under section 187B TCPA 1990.

Cornerstone Barristers’ Wayne Beglan, who acted for Hackney, said the case was a good example of the circumstances in which a court might be prepared to grant a wide order covering a large number of areas within a borough (or potentially even a borough wide) injunction.