St Paul's camp faces fresh legal action

Tue Nov 15 17:22:26 GMT 2011

St Paul's camp faces fresh legal action
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/11/15/uk-britain-protests-st-pauls-idUKTRE7AE1IV20111115 

LONDON | Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:56pm GMT
(Reuters) - London city authorities said on 
Tuesday they were resuming legal action to try to 
shift anti-capitalism protesters who have set up camp at St Paul's Cathedral.
Around 200 tents have been pitched close to St 
Paul's after protesters were last month denied 
access to the nearby London Stock Exchange. The 
protests were inspired by the "Occupy Wall 
Street" movement whose New York camp was 
dismantled by police in the early hours of Tuesday.
"We paused legal action for two weeks for talks 
with those in the camp on how to shrink the 
extent of the tents and to set a departure date - 
but got nowhere," said Stuart Fraser, policy 
chairman of the City of London Corporation.
"So, sadly, now they have rejected a reasonable 
offer to let them stay until the New Year, it's 
got to be the courts," he added.
The legal process was scheduled to begin on 
Tuesday with a letter asking for protesters to 
move tents and equipment which could be followed 
by a court order if protesters fail to comply.
"We are getting reports about vulnerable people, 
cases of late-night drinking and other worrying 
trends, so it's time to act. It will clearly take 
time but we are determined to see this through," said Fraser.
A spokesman for St Paul's said the chapter, or 
cathedral's authorities, would meet on Wednesday 
morning to consider their response.
The cathedral suspended its own legal action on 
November 1 after the resignation of its dean Graeme Knowles.
The presence of protesters at the landmark 17th 
century church in the heart of London's financial 
district has posed a dilemma for the Church of England leadership.
Early on Tuesday, police wearing helmets and 
carrying shields evicted protesters from a park 
in New York's financial district.
(Reporting by Keith Weir)

City signals fresh showdown at St Paul's
Tuesday 15 November 2011 - by Rory MacKinnon
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/111996
London's anti-cuts occupation is to return to the 
courts after the City of London Corporation 
announced shock plans today to tear down the St Paul's Cathedral encampment.
City of London bosses confirmed today it would 
apply for an injunction to force out the 
protesters on the grounds that they are obstructing a public highway.
It marked a U-turn on their earlier decision - 
along with the Church of England - to drop legal 
action following a public outcry.
And the 300 or so OccupyLSX were given a sinister 
taste of things to come when news reached the 
camp of the vicious meted out to their US counterparts.
New York police brutally broke up the Occupy Wall 
Street camp in the city amid an unprecedented 
media blackout which saw the city ban TV crews from taking to the skies.
Protesters in London have spent over a month in 
St Paul's Square after police barred them from 
the privately owned Paternoster Square directly 
outside the London stock exchange.
The camp created a tense three-way stand-off 
between the protesters, the City of London 
Corporation and St Paul's Cathedral which part-owns the square.
And corporation chairman Stuart Fraser insisted 
yesterday that the authority had only "paused" legal action to oust the camp.
He said that its attempts to convince the group 
to reduce the size of the protest and set a departure date had "got nowhere."
"So, sadly, now they have rejected a reasonable 
offer to let them stay until the new year, it's got to be the courts."
 From now on any talks would happen alongside legal action, he said.
A spokesman for the occupation said Mr Fraser's 
announcement was "disappointing."
He accused the corporation of ignoring a 
counter-offer by the camp occupants last week.
OccpyLSX said in a statement that it would 
"continue dialogue" if the corporation would 
agree to bring all its financial activities under 
the purview of the Freedom of Information Act - 
including its secretive City's Cash account, 
which has an estimated value of £1 billion.
The spokesman maintained that the camp was 
"obviously" not obstructing public access around the square.
"Anyone who has been to the camp can see that you 
can move around quite easily," he said, 
suggesting that the allegation only proved there 
was something else behind the eviction.
A cathedral spokeswoman told the Morning Star 
that it had no plans to reignite its legal 
action, but hoped to see a peaceful resolution 
between the corporation and the camp.
She declined any further requests for comment.
The corporation dropped its bombshell as around a 
dozen OccupyLSX campers rallied outside the US 
embassy in London in protest at a brutal police 
crackdown on sister occupations in Oakland, Portland and New York.
Hundreds of New York police in riot gear raided 
the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zucotti Park 
overnight, beating protesters with batons and 
firing tear gas and high-tech "sound cannon" at the crowd.
Meanwhile other officers set up barricades around 
the block and barred all press from the area, in 
one case threatening a CBS news helicopter crew 
with arrest if they attempted to fly over scene.
A day earlier police in Oakland, California, 
razed the Occupy Oakland camp to the ground in a 
similar pre-dawn raid - for the second time in a week.
And in Portland a police line pushed protesters 
out of Plaza Blocks Park before destroying the 
camp and erecting barricades to prevent the protesters' return.
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