Nottinghamshire County Council - JET Report Decision
IN
THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE - CHANCERY DIVISION
HIS
HONOUR JUDGE BOGGIS QC
3RD DAY
OF JUNE 1997
IN
AN ACTION INTENDED TO BE BETWEEN
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Intended Plaintiff
-and-
(1) JOHN GWATKIN
(2) NICK ANNING
(3) DAVID HEBDITCH
(4) MARGARET JERVIS Proposed Defendants
ORDER FOR AN INJUNCTION BEFORE
THE ISSUE OF A WRIT OF SUMMONS
IMPORTANT:- NOTICE TO THE
INTENDED DEFENDANTS ("the Defendants")
(1) This Order prohibits you from doing the acts set out in this Order. You
should read it all carefully. You are advised to consult a solicitor as soon as
possible. You have a right to ask the Court to vary or discharge this Order.
(2) If you disobey this Order you may be found guilty of Contempt of Court and
may be sent to prison or fined or your assets may be seized.
An Application was made on the
3rd June 1997 by Counsel for Nottinghamshire County Council (who is to be the
Plaintiff in an Action against John Gwatkin, Nick Anning, David Hebditch and
Margaret Jervis who are proposed to be the First Defendant, Second Defendant,
Third Defendant and Fourth Defendant respectively) to the Judge who heard the
Application supported by the draft affidavit listed in Schedule 1 and accepted
the undertakings in Schedule 2 at the end of this Order.
IT IS ORDERED that up to and including the 9th day of June 1997 ("the
Return Date") :-
(1) The First Defendant must not until after judgment or further Order in the
meantime and whether acting by himself, his servants or agents or any of them or
otherwise howsoever from doing the following act or any of them that is to say.
(1) authorising the reproduction
of the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report of Nottinghamshire County Council and
Nottinghamshire Constabulary dated June 1990 or any part thereof without the
licence of the Plaintiff;
(2) sell, supply or offer or
expose for sale or supply, publish, disseminate, disclose or howsoever deal with
the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report dated June 1990.
(3) sell, supply or offer or
expose for sale or supply, publish, disseminate, disclose or howsoever deal with
information contained in the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report dated June 1990
relating to the respective case histories and/or relating to the identities of
the respective children identified therein
2. The Second Defendant must not
until after judgment or further Order in the meantime and whether acting by
himself, his servants or agents or any of them or otherwise howsoever do the
following act or any of them that is to say.
(1) reproduce the Revised Joint
Enquiry Team Report of Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire
Constabulary dated June 1990 or any part thereof without the licence of the
Plaintiff;
(2) sell, supply or offer or
expose for sale or supply, publish, disseminate, disclose or howsoever deal with
information contained in the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report dated June 1990
relating to the respective case histories and/or relating to the identities of
the respective children identified therein.
3. The Third Defendant must not
until judgment or further Order in the meantime and whether acting by himself,
his servants or agents or any of them or otherwise howsoever from doing the
following act or any of them that is to say.
(1) reproduce the Revised Joint
Enquiry Team Report of Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire
Constabulary dated June 1990 or any part thereof without the licence of the
Plaintiff;
(2) sell, supply or offer or
expose for sale or supply, publish, disseminate, disclose or howsoever deal with
information contained in the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report dated June 1990
relating to the respective case histories and/or relating to the identities of
the respective children identified therein.
4. The Fourth Defendant must not
until judgment or further Order in the meantime and whether acting by herself,
her servants or agents or any of them or otherwise howsoever from doing the
following act or any of them that is to say.
(1) reproduce the Revised Joint
Enquiry Team Report of Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire
Constabulary dated June 1990 or any part thereof without the licence of the
Plaintiff;
(2) sell, supply or offer or
expose for sale or supply, publish, disseminate, disclose or howsoever deal with
information contained in the Revised Joint Enquiry Team Report dated June 1990
relating to the respective case histories and/or relating to the identities of
the respective children identified therein .
VARIATION OR DISCHARGE OF THIS
ORDER
The First Defendant and/or Second Defendant and/or Third Defendant and/or Fourth
Defendant may apply to the Court at any time to vary or discharge this Order but
if they wish to do so they must first inform the Plaintiff's solicitors in
writing.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
(1) that the Third Defendant and the Fourth Defendant may be served by
electronic mail transmission from the Plaintiff’s offices to dlheb@globalnet.
co.uk and to mj@globalnet.co.uk respectively;
(2) that the Second Defendant
may be served by electronic mail transmission to the address above of the Third
Defendant;
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PLAINTIFF'S
SOLICITORS
The Plaintiff's solicitors are:-
County Solicitor of County Hall,
West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG7 2QP
Telephone Number in office hours
: 0115 977 3967
Telephone Number out of office hours : 0115 977 3967
INTERPRETATION OF THIS ORDER
1) In this Order the words "he" "him" or "his"
include "she" or "her" and "it" or "its".
2) Where there are two or more Defendants then (unless the contrary appears)
(a) References to "the Defendant" mean both or all of them;
(b) An Order requiring "the Defendant" to do or not to do anything
requires each Defendant to do or not to do it;
(c) A requirement relating to service of this Order or of any legal proceedings
on "the Defendant" means on each of them.
THE EFFECT OF THIS ORDER
1) A Defendant who is an individual who is ordered not to do something must not
do it himself or in any other way. He must not do it through others acting on
his behalf or on his instructions or with his encouragement.
2) A Defendant which is a corporation and which is ordered not to do something
must not do it itself or by its directors, officers, employees, or agents or in
any other way.
SCHEDULE 1.
Affidavits
The Plaintiff relied on the following affidavits:
1) Draft Affidavit of Martin Eaden
SCHEDULE 2.
Undertakings given to the Court by the Plaintiff
1) If the Court later finds that this Order has caused loss to the Defendant,
and decides that the First Defendant and/or Second Defendant and/or Third
Defendant and/or Fourth Defendant should be compensated for that loss, the
Plaintiff will comply with any Order the Court may make.
2) As soon as practicable the Plaintiff will issue and serve on the First
Defendant and/or Second Defendant and/or Third Defendant and/or Fourth Defendant
a Writ of Summons substantially in the form of the draft Writ produced to the
Court and initialled by the Judge claiming appropriate relief together with this
Order.
(3) As soon as practicable the Plaintiff will serve on the First Defendant and/or
Second Defendant and/or Third Defendant and/or Fourth Defendant a Notice of
Motion for the Return Date together with a copy of the Affidavit and Exhibits
containing the evidence relied on by the Plaintiff.] as\cjf\broxtowe.ord
CH 1997 N No.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHANCERY DIVISION
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT REGISTRY
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
-and-
(1) JOHN GWATKIN
(2) NICK ANNING
(3) DAVID HEBDITCH
(4) MARGARET JERVIS