article_snippet.sent: Last October, the camp, which had flouted planning rules, appeared to have lost its case after the travellers were told to move out by the Court of Appeal.
article_snippet.sent: The camp (pictured) appeared to have lost The camp (pictured) case after the travellers were told to move out by the Court of Appeal last year .
article_snippet.sent: A village spokesman added: 'After five years five months the travellers site have fought every decision, we believe that these people have used legal aid to fight the Secretary of State and Fylde BC. '
article_snippet.sent: The question what we would like to know is how these people qualified for legal aid?
article_snippet.sent: The judge might have had a different view if The judge lived by the travellers site.
article_snippet.sent: But in 2010, a county court judge then told the authorities to 'use the authorities best endeavours' to help the travellers get a post code for the land from the Post Office.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, the travellers argued the travellers needed a postcode to help fire and ambulance crews find the travellers if the travellers were in need of an emergency - and the ruling meant the travellers could also apply for state benefits, plus utilities including gas electricity and water.
article_snippet.sent: But a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins then appealed and took the matter to the High Court in September 2012.
article_snippet.sent: another judge also ordered a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins to pay £8,000 in costs.
article_snippet.sent: the travellers were initially given until July last year to quit - but just days before Fylde Council's deadline for the travellers to move, a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins
article_snippet.sent: a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins lodged an appeal which further delayed the eviction.
article_snippet.sent: Arguing the enforcement notices were 'unlawful', a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins said the eviction would force a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins and a travellers group representative Elizabeth Collins extended family on to the roadside, which will have a major impact on the children living on the site.
highlights_snippet.sent: Last October, Irish travellers were told to move out by the Court of Appeal .
  