Birmingham City Council v Afsar and Others: QBD 18 Jun 2019

The Council sought an interim order restraining a protest outside one of it junior schools against the teaching of certain matters relating to sexual behaviour, sexuality, and gender. The named defendants and, it would appear, a significant proportion of the protestors are of the Muslim faith, advocating what some have described as the ‘conservative values’ of their community.

Judges:

Warby J

Citations:

[2019] EWHC 1560 (QB)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

See AlsoBirmingham City Council v Afsar and Others QBD 25-Jun-2019
Reason for grant of injunction to restrain demonstrations outside a school. . .
See AlsoBirmingham City Council v Afsar and Others QBD 26-Nov-2019
Claim for injunctions to restrict street protests about a school, and to prohibit online abuse of teachers at that school . .
See AlsoBirmingham City Council v Afsar and Others QBD 8-Apr-2020
Post judgment applications raising issues about whether one of the injunctions contained in the Annex to the Final Order should be continued, whether two others should be varied, and whether the Trial Judgment should be amended. . .
CitedMBR Acres Limited and Others v Free The MBR Beagles and Others QBD 20-Jun-2022
Grant of injunction to restrain animal rights protesters. . .
CitedMBR Acres Ltd and Others v McGivern QBD 2-Aug-2022
Contempt Procedures Not to be abused
Reasons for dismissal of contempt application.
Held: The court does not grant injunctions to parties to litigation to be used as a weapon against those perceived to be opponents. Once Ms McGivern had provided evidence confirmed by a statement . .
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Litigation Practice, Education

Updated: 03 August 2022; Ref: scu.638443