Island campaigners who are battling to keep all libraries on the Isle of Wight open, have decided to drop one of their two legal actions – an Injunction against the IW council.
To be clear, this isn’t the halt of all legal action, the Judicial Review will continue.
The now-halted Injunction was designed to stop the IW council taking an ‘irrevocable’ action – ie selling off buildings, or entering into contracts.
No ‘irrevocable’ actions undertaking
The campaigners say that as the council have given an undertaking, agreeing not carry out ‘irrevocable’ actions, this legal action is not required any more.
Some of the steps that the council have already taken, like sacking library workers, are, in the minds of those involved, reversible, ie those people could be rehired.
We asked the IW council for a comment. They declined.
Campaigners and the council will both be in court with their legal teams at the High Court on Tuesday. The possible cost for the council is still, despite them being asked, undefined.
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