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| St Paul's protest: Corporation to resume legal action over camp | St Paul's protest: Corporation to resume legal action over camp |
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| Legal action to clear the protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral will resume after talks between the City of London Corporation and activists broke down. | Legal action to clear the protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral will resume after talks between the City of London Corporation and activists broke down. |
| Members of the Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX) group have been outside the cathedral since 15 October. | Members of the Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX) group have been outside the cathedral since 15 October. |
| The camp will be handed a legal notice on Wednesday, the corporation said. | |
| "We are disappointed that the City of London Corporation has decided to cut off the process of dialogue at their end," an OLSX spokesman said. | |
| Activists are due to gather outside the US Embassy, in Grosvenor Square, in "solidarity" with campers evicted from a Wall Street protest in New York and to continue protests against inequality and corporate greed. | |
| Earlier this month, the corporation dropped its planned take legal action giving them time until the New Year. | |
| However, the corporation's planning and transportation committee has now voted to resume the legal action and lawyers representing protesters at the camp have been informed. | |
| 'Increasing mess' | |
| "We paused legal action for two weeks for talks with those in the camp on how to shrink the extent of the tents and to set a departure date - but got nowhere," said Stuart Fraser, policy chairman of the corporation. | |
| "So, sadly, now they have rejected a reasonable offer to let them stay until the New Year, it's got to be the courts. | |
| "We'd still like to sort this without court action but from now on we will have to have any talks in parallel with court action - not instead." | |
| The corporation said it also received complaints about "late-night drinking and other worrying trends, so it's time to act". | |
| "Lawful protesters who stand or walk are a regular part of London," said Mr Fraser. | |
| "But tents, equipment and now, increasingly, quite a lot of mess, is not what a highway is for and others are losing out." | |
| Protesters are to be told they will have 24 hours to clear their tents and equipment after they are handed the legal notice on Wednesday. | |
| The corporation said it will then approach the High Court to seek an order to evict the camp, if the protesters remain after the notice period. | |
| If it is granted the court order committee members will meet to take a decision on enforcement action, but reaching this stage could take weeks. | |
| On Monday night, seven people were charged with a number of offences following a protest at the Lord Mayor's Banquet. | |
| About 30 protesters from OLSX gathered outside London's Guildhall where the new Lord Mayor of the City of London, David Wootton, held the annual event. | About 30 protesters from OLSX gathered outside London's Guildhall where the new Lord Mayor of the City of London, David Wootton, held the annual event. |
| Marking its one-month anniversary at the camp, OLSX said it had received £23,000 donations from supporters. | |
| The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, along with two other senior members, resigned following the establishment of the camp. |