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The Guardian

Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm

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DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2, records showBritain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to cover the cost of court orders banning them from protesting, an investigation has found.The multibillion-pound City law firm DLA Piper has been trying to recover costs from activists for work done on behalf of National Highways Limited (NHL) and HS2 Ltd – both public bodies – obtaining injunctions banning protests on their sites. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/16/climate-activists-court-costs-protest-bans-uk-biggest-law-firm-dla-piper

Author : Edward Siddons, Billie Gay Jackson and Damien Gayle

Publish date : 2024-08-16 14:00:32

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