Just Stop Oil / M25 conspiracy sentences (UK)
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Roger Hallam was sentenced in July 2024 to five years over the M25 protest conspiracy; the Court of Appeal cut it to four years in March 2025. Just Stop Oil ended direct action in April 2025.
R v Hallam & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 199, 7 March 2025.
Status As of October 2025: the Supreme Court refused permission to appeal; Hallam's sentence stands at four years.
- Roger Hallam and co-defendants — Sentenced in July 2024; terms reduced on appeal on 7 March 2025. Climate Case Chart
What happened
Roger Hallam and others were sentenced in July 2024 in the M25 conspiracy case. Hallam received five years, at the time the longest UK sentence for non-violent protest, according to the record.
In R v Hallam & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 199 (7 March 2025) the Court of Appeal cut Hallam's term to four years. Co-defendants' terms were cut from four years to three years or 30 months. Six of 16 appeals succeeded.
The Supreme Court refused permission to appeal on 8 October 2025.
Just Stop Oil's own figures, given in March 2025, were 3,300 arrests and 180 imprisonments. The group said it would end direct action in April 2025.
- 2024Jul: Hallam sentenced to 5 years in the M25 conspiracy case
- 20257 Mar: Court of Appeal cuts Hallam's term to 4 years; Mar: Just Stop Oil reports 3,300 arrests and 180 imprisonments; Apr: ends direct action; 8 Oct: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal
How it looked
Shown
Recorded
- The Court of Appeal reduced Hallam's sentence from five years to four on 7 March 2025; six of 16 appeals succeeded.
- Just Stop Oil's self-reported figures were 3,300 arrests and 180 imprisonments.
Who gained
Reached nature or the ground
Gained elsewhere
Responses on record
- just-stop-oil (2025-03): Reported 3,300 arrests and 180 imprisonments (self-reported) and said it would end direct action in April 2025. · Euronews
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2025-03-07Reduced on appealR v Hallam & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 199 (M25 conspiracy sentences)Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) · Appeal · Appellants including Roger Hallam → The Crown
Hallam's term was cut from five years to four. Co-defendants' terms were cut from four years to three years or 30 months. Six of 16 appeals succeeded. The Supreme Court refused permission to appeal on 8 October 2025. Climate Case Chart
Insurers
What nature saw
Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Figures
- Insufficient Arrests: Just Stop Oil's own count, self-reported.
- Insufficient Imprisonments: Just Stop Oil's own count, self-reported.
Record
- Insufficient The arrest and imprisonment totals are Just Stop Oil's own figures and were not independently verified in the record.
Did the harm stop?
Who paid?
Sources
Courts
- R v Hallam and others, appellants (Just Stop Oil protests case)Climate Case Chart · 2025-03
Press and investigations
Connected cases
- Roger Hallam sentence and UK Public Order Act protests United Kingdom · 2023–2025
- Just Stop Oil (NGO) — here: Protest group whose members were arrested and sentenced; there: Climate protest group; defendants' movement
- Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Court) — here: Reduced the sentences on 7 March 2025; there: Court that reduced the sentences