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    • Suits against corporations, individuals
      • Protesters

10 Cases found

EH v Queensland Police Service; GS v Queensland Police Service

At issue: Whether climate protesters were unlawfully convicted for protesting coal mine.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Queensland
      • District Court
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Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC v. Misavair

At issue: Pipeline protesters sought to assert necessity defense
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Court of Appeal
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Supreme Court
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Trial of Angela Ditchfield

At issue: Whether climate protester could assert necessity defense to escape liability for vandalism.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Cambridge Magistrates' Court
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Credit Suisse Protesters Trials

At issue: Climate activists arrested for trespassing
Jurisdictions:
  • Switzerland
    • Court of Appeals in Geneva
  • Switzerland
    • Court of Appeals in Renens
  • Switzerland
    • Lausanne District Court
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R v Roberts

At issue: Whether anti-fracking protesters should receive custodial sentences.
Jurisdictions:
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R v Basto

At issue: Climate protesters found guilty of aggravated trespass for occupying airport runway.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • West London Magistrates Court
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Take Down Macron Protester Cases

At issue: Climate activists defend against theft and refusal to identify charges by claiming civil disobedience was necessary to bring attention to France's failure to meet its climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Paris
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Strasbourg
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Bonneville
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Auch
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Bordeaux
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Lyon
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Colmar
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Lyon
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The Kingsnorth Six Trial

At issue: Determine whether Greenpeace activists' trespass at coal-fired power plant made them criminally liable
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Local Court: Maidstone Crown Court
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Heathrow Airport Ltd. and Another v. Garman and Others

At issue: Request for injunction against environmental activists attempting to disrupt the operations of an airport
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Chancery Division
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Director of Public Prosecutions v. Fraser and O’Donnell

At issue: Criminal suit against protestors for causing damage to property
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Supreme Court of New South Wales, Common Law Division
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