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03.02.2012
Members of chambers acted for Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd (M & W) the successful party in Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd (decision of Ousely J delivered on01/02/2012).
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02.02.2012
On 1st February 2012, a teenager from Edmonton became the first person to be committed to prison for breach of a ‘Gang Injunction’ which had been obtained against him by the London Borough of Enfield: For BBC news article, click here. Following a contested committal hearing at the West London County Court, the teenager was found to have committed 3 breaches of the injunction during an incident of serious public disorder involving known gang members, threats of violence and the presence at the scene of bladed articles. The court held the breaches warranted an immediate custodial sentence of 15 months. There had been 9 previous breaches of the injunction in its interim and final form. Counsel for the London Borough of Enfield was Jennifer Oscroft. Kuljit Bhogal and Sian Davies had also acted for Enfield in order to secure the Gang Injunction, which was the first of its kind obtained under new legislative provisions, and for the committal of the earlier breaches.
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