In the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday, Nina Johnson-Marshall, a senior planning enforcement officer, was given a ‘blue-light’ police escort through the highways and byways of Hertfordshire.
In her possession was a High Court injunction which had just been issued, out of hours, by a duty judge.
The destination was Sawbridgeworth, a genteel market town near Bishop’s Stortford, which had been invaded by travellers over the weekend. The all-too familiar incursion received extensive media coverage.
Few outside this small corner of Hertfordshire, however, will be aware of the drama – reminiscent of a scene from a film – involving Ms Johnson-Marshall and
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