High Court Injunction Notice

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROPERTY TRUSTS AND PROBATE LIST (ChD)

Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Thompsell
Order dated: 11 February 2026

Claim No: PT-2025-000853 (TBC)

Court:
High Court of Justice
Business and Property Courts of England and Wales
Property, Trusts and Probate List (ChD)

Between:

ELECTRIC GLASS FIBER UK, LTD.

-and-

PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE CLAIMANT ENTER OR REMAIN ON THE LAND REGISTERED AT HM LAND REGISTRY UNDER TITLE NUMBERS GM459851 AND GM459852 AS MARKED IN RED ON THE PLAN AT SCHEDULE 1 TO THE CLAIM FORM

INJUNCTION ORDER

PENAL NOTICE
IF YOU PERSONS UNKNOWN DISOBEY THIS ORDER OR INSTRUCT OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DISOBEY THIS ORDER YOU MAY BE HELD TO BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND YOU MAY BE IMPRISONED, FINED OR HAVE YOUR ASSETS SEIZED ANY OTHER PERSON WHO KNOWS OF THIS ORDER AND DOES ANYTHING WHICH HELPS OR PERMITS THE DEFENDANTS TO BREACH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER MAY ALSO BE HELD TO BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND MAY BE IMPRISONED, FINED OR HAVE THEIR ASSETS SEIZED

Important notice to the Defendants: this Order prohibits you from doing the acts set out in this Order. You should read this Order very carefully. You are advised to consult a solicitor as soon as possible. You have the right to ask the court to vary or discharge this Order.

UPON the Claimant’s Application dated 28 January 2026 seeking the continuation of the injunction dated 19 August 2025
AND UPON the Claimant’s Application dated 30 January 2026 seeking relief from sanctions in relation to the late service of the Application dated 28 January 2026
AND UPON hearing Natalie Pratt of counsel for the Claimant and no person appearing either for or on behalf of the Defendants (Persons Unknown)

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

Definitions
1. For the purpose of this Order, the ‘Land’ shall mean all that land registered at HM Land Registry under title numbers GM459851 and GM459852, and situated at Hindley Green (Wigan), as shaded and edged in red on the plan at Schedule 1 to this Order.

INJUNCTION
2. Until and including 18 February 2027, the Defendants (Persons Unknown) (whether by themselves or by instructing or encouraging or allowing any other person) are forbidden from:

Service and notification

3. Pursuant to CPR 6.15 and 6.27, and for the purposes of CPR 81.4, the Claimant is permitted to notify the Defendants (Persons Unknown) of this Order and any further documents in the Claim by the following means (which are to be treated conjunctively, and which are to be taken as having been good and sufficient notification to Persons Unknown on the day on which all of the following steps are completed):

a) affixing copies (as opposed to originals) of this Order in a transparent envelope in a prominent position at or as close as reasonably practicable to all vehicular and pedestrian entry points to the Land; and

b) affixing copies (as opposed to originals) of this Order in a transparent envelope in a prominent position at regular intervals around the perimeter of the Land; and

c) affixing copies (as opposed to originals) of a notice addressed to “Persons Unknown who without the permission of the of the Claimant enter or remain on the land registered at HM Land Registry under title numbers GM459851 and GM459852 as marked in red on the plan at Schedule 1 to the Claim Form” in a transparent envelope in a prominent position at or as close as reasonably practicable to all vehicular and pedestrian entry points to the Land which informs Persons Unknown that a copy of the Claim and all supporting documents can be obtained or inspected at Hill Dickinson LLP, 1 St Michael’s, 36 Jackson’s Row, Manchester, M2 5WD or via a website link provided in the notice; and

d) affixing copies (as opposed to originals) of the aforementioned notice to Persons Unknown in a transparent envelope in a prominent position at regular intervals around the perimeter of the Land; and

e) uploading copies of the documents to be served to a designated injunction webpage (the link to which shall be provided in the aforementioned notice to Persons Unknown).

4. For the avoidance of doubt, in respect of paragraph 3(a)-(d) above, notification shall be effected when the documents are first affixed as ordered, irrespective of whether they are subsequently removed.

Liberty to Apply

5. The Defendants or anyone notified of this Order may each of them apply to the court on 48 hours prior written notice to both the court and the Claimant to vary or discharge this Order (or so much of it as affects that person). The contact details for both the court and the Claimant can be found in paragraphs 11 and 12 below.

Review of the Order against Persons Unknown

6. The Order against the Defendants (Persons Unknown) will expire by the effluxion of time at 23:59 on 18 February 2027. The Claimant may, if so advised, seek the continuation of the Order. Any application for the continuation of the Order must be filed and notified to the Defendants (Persons Unknown) in accordance with paragraph 3(e) above by 4pm on 28 January 2027.

7. A hearing shall be listed on 11 February 2027 with a time estimate of 1 hour. If the Claimant does not make an application for the continuation of the Order, it must notify the court as soon as reasonably practicable and seek to vacate that hearing.

8. Any person other than the Claimant who would like to participate in the abovementioned hearing must file and serve on the Claimant any evidence upon which they intend to rely by 4pm on 4 February 2027.

9. If any of the following circumstances occur prior to the expiration of this Order, the Claimant must within 28 days make an application for the continuation, variation or discharge of the injunction, such application to be dealt with on the papers unless the court considers otherwise: (i) a sale or other disposition of the Claimant’s interest in the Land, (ii) the grant of any leasehold interest by the Claimant out of its freehold interest registered under title no. GM459851 and (iii) the final removal of all hazardous substances and valuable materials from the Land, not including the electricity substations and associated high voltage cabling.

FURTHER DIRECTIONS

Relief from sanctions
10. The Claimant’s Application for relief from sanctions is granted, and the Application of 28 January 2026 is allowed to proceed.

Communications about this Order

11. All communication with the Claimant about this Order should be sent to Helen Evans of Hill Dickinson LLP, 1 St Michael’s, 36 Jackson’s Row, Manchester, M2 5WD; helen.evans@hilldickinson.com; 0161 817 7280.

12. All communications with the court about this Order should be sent to the Rolls Building at 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL. The telephone number is 020 79476690. The email address is ChanceryJudgesListing@justice.gov.uk. The offices are open between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

Costs

13. No order as to costs.

Dated 11 February 2026

Service of this Order

This Order will be served by the Claimant. The court has provided a sealed copy of this order to the Claimant’s legal representative: Helen Evans of Hill Dickinson LLP, 1 St Michael’s, 36 Jackson’s Row, Manchester, M2 5WD; helen.evans@hilldickinson.com;

GUIDANCE NOTES

EFFECT OF THIS ORDER

1. A Defendant who is an individual who is ordered not to do something must not do it either themselves or in any other way. A Defendant must not do it through others acting on his, her or their behalf or his, her or their instructions or with his, her or their 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.

PARTIES OTHER THAN THE CLAIMANT AND DEFENDANTS

EFFECT OF THIS ORDER

3. It is a contempt of court for any person notified of this Order knowingly to assist in or permit a breach of this Order. Any person doing so may be sent to prison, fined, or have their assets seized.

INTERPRETATION OF THIS ORDER

4. In this Order, where there is more than one Defendant, unless otherwise stated, references to “the Defendants” means each or all of them