THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE NICKLIN Approved Judgment
MBR Acres Ltd -v- Free the MBR Beagles
driven directly at the Managing Director’s vehicle, causing him to swerve. On or before 18 January 2022 and until 4 March 2022, the Third, Twentieth and Twenty-Fifth Defendants (and Persons Unknown) are alleged regularly to have protested at Impex’s premises. The protests are alleged to have included (i) following and abusing staff driving vans for Impex; (ii) placing a tracker on one of the Impex vehicles on or before January 2022; (iii) blocking access to Impex’s site to its staff and a director.
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24. The Particulars of Claim make the following allegations against the Thirty-First Defendants “Persons Unknown” concerning the targeting of Impex. On 18 January 2022, the Thirty-First Defendants are alleged to have: (1) locked the gates to Impex’s site, causing and requiring the Managing Director to arrange to have the lock removed; (2) followed Impex staff, and recorded them and their vehicles as they left Impex’s premises on 18 January 2022, in an attempt to intimidate Impex staff; and (3) attended the home of the Managing Director and done the following acts: (a) placed tape over the Ring doorbell on the gate of the property, obscuring the view of the camera; (b) ripped off the gate sensor, which is used to open the gates to the property; (c) climbed over the gates and/or the fence and trespassed on the property; (d) approached the dining room window and started banging the windows with their fists; (e) approached the front door and repeatedly banged the door with their fists; (f) repeatedly hit the utility room window; (g) shouted “ animal murderers ” and “ killers ” throughout the duration of the incident complained of; and (h) let off several smoke grenades, causing the Managing Director and his wife to fear for their safety, as they thought the unknown persons had set their house on fire. 25. As a result of these alleged acts of harassment, the Claimants allege that Impex has ceased trading from the targeted site and moved its operations elsewhere. 26. Based on these allegations, the Claimants’ claim is put in this way in the Amended Particulars of Claim:
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