DALE FARM TRAVELLERS LAUNCH LAST BID TO STOP EVICTION - Essex

From Court News UK

BASILDON, ESSEX A group of Travellers today (Tues) launched a last-ditch bid to stop their eviction from a rat-infested strip of land opposite the infamous Dale Farm plot. Around 20 families, led by Mary Flynn, 77, are seeking a judicial review to stop Basildon Council kicking them off Oak Lane, London's Administrative Court heard. Although the track is said to be polluted by sewage, the Travellers feel they cannot live happily in conventional housing, while Mrs Flynn suffers from extremely poor health, which makes moving impossible. Stephen Cottle, for the Travellers, questioned the legality of an eviction if the families had nowhere else to go.