May–November 1988: between the attempts

For seven months the family stayed. William Buckler took his case to the European Commission of Human Rights, and the courts heard applications for injunctions.

3 May 1988 – 14 April 1989 — Application to the European Commission of Human Rights

Record:

EV-0122 (Legal Wiki, Evidence Register)

What the record shows. Mr Buckler’s application (14464/88), lodged on 3 May 1988 under Articles 6, 8 and 13 and Article 1 of Protocol 1, was registered on 12 December 1988 and declared inadmissible on 14 April 1989.

What it does not show. The Commission did not decide the history of the title. What papers were before it is not known.

November 1988 — Television news: an injunction against demolition

Record:

EV-0083 (Legal Wiki, Evidence Register)

“The Buckler family have lived here at Great House Farm for more than four centuries.”

What the record shows. An ITV/HTV Wales news report covered the eviction and an injunction granted at Cardiff to stop BP demolishing the farmhouse, and showed members of the family at the farm.

What it does not show. The calendar date of the broadcast is not shown on the surviving copy, and the people seen on screen are not identified by it.