“The fight for Dale Farm, which saw 80 families evicted from an unauthorised Traveller site after a gruelling 10-year battle, is not over yet. Basildon council has confirmed it is set to start procedures to evict Travellers who moved from Dale Farm on to a neighbouring site.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Moves to create some 800 permanent sites across England for Traveller families will be announced today in an effort to defuse community tensions with settled residents. Under the £47m initiative, new locations will be found from Cornwallto Co Durham for Travellers, preventing them from having to put their caravans on unauthorised land.”
The Independent, 7th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police have passed 16 cases linked to the clearance of theUK’s largest travellers’ site to the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Independent, 20th December 2011
Source: www.independent,co.uk
“Residents who have been campaigning against a gypsy camp on green belt land in their village of Meriden face being removed from the protest stie for breaking planning laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Travellers who have returned to Dale Farm in Essex risk jail terms after breaching a court injunction banning occupation of the site, a council has said.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A local authority today said it had been granted a High Court order which would prevent an ‘infamous’ illegal traveller site being reoccupied.”
The Independent, 7th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dale Farm residents are seeking a last-gasp reprieve from eviction by asking for leave to appeal against a decision last week to allow Basildon council to remove 86 families from the Essex Traveller site.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Residents of Dale Farm, the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site, have lost their High Court battle against eviction – but are now planning an appeal.”
The Independent, 12th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Residents at Dale Farm, the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site will learn later if they have won their High Court battle against eviction.”
BBC News, 12th October 20111
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Residents of Dale Farm will have to wait until next week to learn whether they have won or lost their high court battle against eviction.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As we await the latest court judgment, Marina Sergides analyses the legal and social aspects of the Dale Farm case.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 6th October 2011
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Bailiffs have finally been given permission to start clearing the Dale Farm travellers’ site more than a fortnight after the eviction was supposed to start.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If the High Court allowed residents of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site to escape eviction it would ‘send out the wrong signal’ to the nation, a judge was told today. A victory for the travellers of Dale Farm, near Basildon, Essex, ‘would strike to the very principles of the rule of law’, said a barrister representing Basildon Council.”
The Independent, 29th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Egan v Basildon Borough Council [2011] EWHC 2416 (QB); [2011] WLR (D) 280
“The date of construction of unlawfully erected buildings or structures could be critical when enforcement action was proposed pursuant to a notice to rectify breaches of planning control.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Judge extends injunction to stop evictions at illegal Travellers’ site, saying council enforcement notices lacked clarity.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Travellers fighting to stay on the UK’s biggest illegal site should today discover whether they have won the latest round of a legal battle.”
The Independent, 26th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The residents of Dale Farm are once again facing the prospect of imminent removal from their home as a judge prepares to rule on Friday morning whether the bailiffs can move in and mount one of the largest evictions in British history.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
“Families who celebrated a last-gasp reprieve which prevented their eviction from a Travellers’ site at Dale Farm in Essex on Monday have been warned they will be hit with a bill for the costs of the delay, should the temporary injunction be cancelled at a second hearing on Friday.”
The Independent, 21st September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Residents of the UK’s biggest illegal travellers’ site tonight won a last-minute injunction temporarily halting moves to evict them from their homes.”
The Independent, 19th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A last-ditch bid to halt the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site, at Dale Farm in Essex, has been rejected by an appeal judge.”
BBC News, 16th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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