THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE NICKLIN Approved Judgment
MBR Acres Ltd -v- Free the MBR Beagles
for medical and clinical research. The impact of this is that it may result in there being no animals being supplied in the UK. If there is no supply, then that will have an impact on medical research being conducted in the UK, including current and future research programmes. The result would be that the medical research would move to other jurisdictions and dogs would be supplied from elsewhere where the regulatory regime regarding welfare may not be the same as our own. [As previously explained], if we were to close the [Wyton] Site, the dogs on the Site would have to be euthanised. That would happen if we could not transport any animals from our Sites, as the build-up of stock of animals would mean we would exceed our allowed capacity limits under our licence. Further, customers will not receive animals from any supplier (whether in the UK or otherwise) and will therefore need to move their medical research activities outside of the UK. That will effectively end medical research in the UK. This is extremely serious and steps need to be taken to protect our suppliers.”
30. In her sixteenth witness statement, Ms Pressick gives evidence of the following further incidents: (1) On 12 July 2022, there was a large protest at Impex. Multiple individuals are alleged to have climbed onto the roof and applied graffiti to the wall. They are not identified. (2) On 13 July 2022, a Tweet appeared on an account Ms Pressick says is operated by the Twelfth Defendant: “ MBR Scumhole and Evil dirty Impex needs to feel our fkin anger… ” Later that day, a further Tweet included a photograph of a house, with the address identified (said to belong to Impex’s Managing Director”) with the comment: “ [name]… In need of a decorator for the gates ”. (3) On 14 July 2022, the Twelfth Defendant is alleged to have posted photograph with the caption: “ Look he it is [name] one ugly evil piece of shit the owner of Impex the courier company that transports the beagles to labs and other animals ”. (4) On 18 July 2022, the Twelfth Defendant is alleged to have posted a further photograph with the caption: “ This twerp you see here with his bike helmet on is [name’s] brother, [name] being the owner of Impex the courier company that transports various animals to labs including the Beagles from MBR… Utter vile scumbag he is I bet he as (sic) drove one of those vans ”. (5) On 19 July 2022, photographs of protestors demonstrating at the Impex site were posted on the Free the MBR Beagles Facebook page some of which showed the graffiti from the 12 July 2022. The caption said: “ See you’ve still got some lovely chalked messages around your premises… [name]. Must be a proper welcoming sight for you and your gang each day. Nice ”. (6) On 20 July 2022, it is alleged that a named individual (not a Defendant to these proceedings) had posted a video online showing him blocking a vehicle attempting to leave Impex’s site. Ms Pressick states:
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