Thread by @AdamWagner1

For those interested in civil injunctions against protesters, we were just granted permission to appeal the costs order in this case to Court of Appeal; important point about whether legal aid costs protection should apply in protester injunction cases bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…

Currently even if you are granted legal aid in a civil contempt case involving a persons unknown injunction you don't get the usual "football pools" protection order under s.26 of LASPO because of a weird quirk whereby this is criminal legal aid granted in a civil court.

So an impecunious protester can get a £50k costs bill, on top of a prison sentence, and have no protection from costs at all as any other legally aided party in the civil courts would get (no enforcement without further order of the court).

The issue is hugely important for the rights of protesters as a £50k costs order is life changing and a huge additional penalty to a sanction for contempt.

The issue has been discussed in other cases (e.g. bailii.org/ew/cases/Misc/…) but not yet by higher courts