{"id":213383,"date":"2025-06-25T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213383\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:44:14","slug":"birmingham-airport-injunction-update-after-court-told-chaos-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213383\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Airport injunction update after court told &#8216;chaos erupts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An injunction to stop potential environmental protesters trespassing at Birmingham Airport has been continued.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, airports including Gatwick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Birmingham<\/a> and Manchester, sought court protection from climate protests by groups including Just Stop Oil and were granted injunctions, which were to be reviewed after 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>A hearing was listed to take place on Tuesday, June 2 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, related to the injunctions for London City, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool John Lennon, Leeds Bradford, London Luton, Newcastle, Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/familys-horror-seeing-unsightly-tourists-31924920?int_source=nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Family&#039;s horror at seeing &#039;unsightly&#039; tourists in picturesque village near Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Family&#8217;s horror at seeing &#8216;unsightly&#8217; tourists in picturesque village near Birmingham<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/licence-revoked-walsall-wood-pub-075924384.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Licence revoked at Walsall Wood pub after man hospitalised with broken jaw;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Licence revoked at Walsall Wood pub after man hospitalised with broken jaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/face-dad-jailed-over-three-102322634.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:READ MORE: Face of dad jailed over three-minute TikTok rant despite grovelling apology;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>READ MORE: Face of dad jailed over three-minute TikTok rant despite grovelling apology<\/b> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the hearing, before Mr Justice Bourne, a judicial spokesperson confirmed the injunctions had been continued and would be reviewed again after another 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court dealt with several requests for injunctions from airports last summer.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing related to the injunctions for Leeds Bradford, London Luton and Newcastle airports last July, barrister Timothy Morshead KC said that \u201cone cancelled plane can produce a cascade effect\u201d, noting that if a flight was late, it impacts the staff who could operate it.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Morshead said \u201cthat is why chaos erupts\u201d and it made airports \u201cmore vulnerable\u201d to the impact of protests, because of the added security measures around their operations.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing related to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool John Lennon airports last August, the same barrister said injunctions \u201care doing what the general law cannot\u201d by preventing protests at the sites.<\/p>\n<p>A hearing is expected to be held in late July to review the injunction for Heathrow, which was also issued last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An injunction to stop potential environmental protesters trespassing at Birmingham Airport has been continued. 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