The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2020] QB 253
Queen’s Bench Division
Director of Public Prosecutions v Ziegler and others
Director of Public Prosecutions v Cooper and others
[2019] EWHC 71 (Admin)
2018 Nov 29; 2019 Jan 22
Singh LJ, Farbey J
Human rights— Freedom of expression and assembly— Interference with— Defendants obstructing highway during demonstration against arms fair— Whether defendants acting “without lawful … excuse” if lawfully exercising Convention rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly— Whether interference with defendants’ Convention rights proportionate—
Highways Act 1980 (c 66), s 137 (as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c 48), ss 38, 46)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 10, 11