EDO Corporation: Difference between revisions

The ongoing protests led EDO MBM and its employees, in April 2005, to seek a permanent high court [[injunction]] against 14 named protesters and two protest groups ''Smash EDO'' and ''Bombs out Of Brighton'', on grounds of harassment.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/antiwar/story/0,,1456744,00.html "Iraq war firm asks for bar on protests"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', April 11, 2005</ref> The intended injunction brought under Section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, applied to all protesters, not only those named in the court papers (who in any case strongly denied the allegations). The case created controversy because it was seen by some as an unjustified measure used by a U.S. arms company to suppress the freedom to protest of UK anti-war protesters. Others, however, suggested that the court action was used in order to prevent harassment and violent crime. The company failed to gain a permanent injunction and dropped the action in early 2006, at a cost of several million dollars in legal costs.