Cases

Howlett v Holding (No. 4)

Facts

The Claimant was a former Labour councillor in Essex. The Defendant had, over some years, flown banners behind his aircraft that were directed at the Claimant and/or referred to her in derogatory terms. He had also dropped leaflets with a similar content from time to time. The Claimant twice brought actions for libel, in both of which the jury found in her favour. The Defendant continued to fly banners about the Claimant and she sought an injunction to restrain further banners and leaflets as constituting harassment of her under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. In the course of the harassment claim, the Defendant disclosed that he had also put the Claimant under surveillance, ostensibly to look for evidence that she was a 'benefits cheat'. The Claimant obtained an interim injunction under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 to restrain further banners and leaflets as well as further surveillance of her. She sought to have it made permanent.

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