High Court officers attend Simon Building

22 Mar 2023

Students leave building

This morning officers of the High Court attended the Simon Building to enforce a court order, on a small group of students who had been illegally occupying rooms there since 13 February 2023.

This action follows multiple requests to those occupying the building to leave, and court hearing papers being served on the occupiers on 15 March 2023.  The Court granted the University a possession order on Monday, and copies of the order were served to the occupiers.

We very much regret having to do this, but the situation has been going on for a significant amount of time and has caused ongoing disruption to students and the people who work in the building.

For more background on why this action has been taken and how we’re addressing the wider issues, please read an article by Patrick Hackett, Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer.