Valero Energy Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors

CourtKing's Bench Division
JudgeMrs Justice Hill
Neutral Citation[2025] EWHC 207 (KB)
Date03 February 2025
Year2025
CounselKatharine Holland Kc,Yaaser Vanderman
Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 207 (KB)
Case No: QB-2022-000904
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 03/02/2025
Before :
MRS JUSTICE HILL DBE
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Between :
(1) VALERO ENERGY LTD
(2) VALERO LOGISTICS UK LTD
(3) VALERO PEMBROKESHIRE OIL
TERMINAL LTD
Claimant
- and -
(1) PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO, IN
CONNECTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTESTS BY THE ‘JUST STOP OIL’ OR
‘EXTINCTION REBELLION’ OR ‘INSULATE
BRITAIN’ OR ‘YOUTH CLIMATE SWARM’
(ALSO KNOWN AS YOUTH SWARM)
MOVEMENTS ENTER OR REMAIN WITHOUT
THE CONSENT OF THE FIRST CLAIMANT
UPON ANY OF THE 8 SITES
(2) PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO, IN
CONNECTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTESTS BY THE ‘JUST STOP OIL’ OR
‘EXTINCTION REBELLION’ OR ‘INSULATE
BRITAIN’ OR ‘YOUTH CLIMATE SWARM’
(ALSO KNOWN AS YOUTH SWARM)
MOVEMENTS CAUSE BLOCKADES,
OBSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC AND
INTERFERE WITH THE PASSAGE BY THE
CLAIMANTS AND THEIR AGENTS, SERVANTS,
EMPLOYEES, LICENSEES, INVITEES WITH OR
WITHOUT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO,
FROM,
Defendant

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