This injunction is being brought under the Prevention of Terrorism Act & seeks to show that Steve, as the 1st respondent, & others unnamed [as second respondents], by their constant picketing of the site represent "a threat to the energy supplies of this country". Because this application is being brought under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, Steve will not be able to defend himself at this hearing, as we understand it. The basis of the application is that by picketing the site he is committing a Trespass because he & others are on the Firm's property; that having issued leaflets to workers on the site calling for 'direct action' he is 'inciting' the workforce to commit acts contrary to the national interest which may impact on energy supplies & that he has, at times, acted in a way that might have intimidated the workforce. There is no mention in the company's deposition to the Court that he was formerly employed by them, nor that his picket represents a campaign against blacklisting. One senior trade union leader in the RMT has already said that if this goes ahead it will have consequences for the whole trade union movement.
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Surely NOT the "Prevention of Terrorism Act" -- that is for Control Orders
18.10.2009 00:30
There is a Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, but that deals with the house arrest / arbitrary bail like conditions for unconvicted terrorist suspects subjected to Control Orders.
There is also the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 201, the Terrorism Act 2006 and the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
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