The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 3 WLR 179
Supreme Court
Director of Public Prosecutions v Ziegler and others
[2021] UKSC 23
2021 Jan 12; June 25
Lord Hodge DPSC, Lady Arden, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens JJSC
Human rights— Freedom of expression and assembly— Interference with— Defendants obstructing highway during demonstration against arms fair— Whether defendants lawfully exercising Convention rights so as to have “lawful … excuse”— Whether interference with defendants’ Convention rights proportionate— Proper approach to proportionality by appellate court in appeal by way of case stated—
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c 43), s 111
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Highways Act 1980 (c 66), s 137
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 10, 11