JUDGMENT A MR JUSTICE SOOLE: 1. This is an application by the claimant Council and other claimants in this action to commit the defendant, Mr Robert Arthur Pickthall, for contempt of court in breaching the order of the court, Mr Justice Holroyde, dated 1st December 2015, and/or to activate the warrant of committal issued by Mr Justice Holroyde on 17th December 2015 pursuant to his order of that date that the defendant be committed to prison for three months, suspended for a period of two years. The defendant has on previous adjourned hearings of this application, including before me on 8th June, and Mr Justice King on 15th July, been advised of his entitlement to Legal Aid in respect of this application but has made clear that he wishes to proceed in person. He told me that he had not been able to obtain representation but, as I have previously indicated, Legal Aid would be available. He has also been advised that he has the right to remain silent and also of the risks that adverse inferences may be drawn from silence. He took the course of addressing me in this matter and, as will be seen, admitted the allegations against him. 2. The background to this application is that the defendant has been engaged in a long and persistent campaign of unlawful harassment against the defendant Council and its officers, employees and councillors. It is unnecessary and indeed self-defeating to the very purpose of the injunction that has been made to rehearse the details yet again but his campaign has involved the making of repeated allegations of criminality, corruption and dishonesty in respect of various matters. The claimants issued proceedings on 20th May 2015, seeking injunctive relief under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Following a hearing on 3rd July 2015, Mr Justice Edis granted interim injunctions on 21st July 2015, in similar terms to those with which this application is concerned, namely the order of Mr Justice Holroyde dated 1st December 2015. On 28th October 2015, the claimants issued an application to commit the defendant for eight breaches of clauses of the order in respect of making contact with councillors and in respect of placing postings on his website, called The Bloodhound, alleging dishonesty and corruption on the part of the Council’s officials. 3. By order, dated 1st December 2015, following a hearing on 17th November 2015, at which the defendant was present, and where he received at the end a draft order in the terms that were subsequently drawn up, Mr Justice Holroyde gave the claimants summary judgment on the claim under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and granted permanent injunctions in the following relevant terms: B C D E F G “8. The defendant: (a) must not contact or attempt to contact directly or indirectly any current employee or councillor of the first claimant by any means, including but not limited to sending emails, letters or text messages... (c) must not publish to the public or any section of the public by any means including but not limited to publication on the internet or by hard copy, bulletin or newsletter, or pamphlet, or by petition, any allegation that any current or former employee or councillor of the first claimant is dishonest or is engaged in or is suspected of being engaged in corruption or criminality of any kind, particularly, but not limited to, the purchase or sale of land at Butchers Stile playing fields, Davenham, and/or H Apple Transcription Limited 0845 604 5642 1 1-956-2143-16/kc