Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Breen & Anor [2023] EWHC 2013 (KB) – 31 August 2023 (Knowles J)

The Court granted Esso an extended interim injunction against the Defendant and persons unknown (environmental protesters) restraining them from disrupting construction on its Southampton to London Oil Pipeline Project, on the basis of the tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means. It was immaterial that not all protest was aimed directly at Esso.