by Ian Walmsley | Sep 9, 2026
O’Brien is a Court of Appeal authority on section 187B injunctions and equality duties in Gypsy and Traveller enforcement. The council’s equality duty applied when deciding to seek an injunction, but substance mattered more than labels: the decision was lawful because the council had in fact considered ethnicity, health, education, bricks-and-mortar aversion, alternatives and site provision.
by Ian Walmsley | Sep 9, 2026
East Herts v Flynn is a modern section 187B planning-injunction judgment. The High Court granted mandatory and prohibitory relief after an enforcement notice had remained uncomplied with for years, while expressly balancing Green Belt and conservation harm against Traveller accommodation needs, the children’s interests and proportionality.
by Ian Walmsley | Sep 9, 2026
Blackpool v Beale is a 2026 High Court judgment on section 187B planning injunctions against Romani Gypsy families. The court granted a permanent injunction despite failures by the council to comply properly with the public sector equality duty, because those failures would not have changed the outcome on the facts.
by Ian Walmsley | Sep 9, 2026
Maidstone v King is a High Court planning injunction case showing the consequences of deliberate and continuing breach of court orders, including a six-month custodial sentence suspended to secure compliance.
