The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 3141
Queen’s Bench Division
*Regina (Leigh and others) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
[2022] EWHC 527 (Admin)
2022 Jan 19, 20; March 11
Warby LJ, Holgate J
Human rights— Freedom of expression and assembly— Interference with— Claimants abandoning plans for public vigil after police concluding vigil would breach restrictions in place for protection of public health during Covid-19 pandemic— Whether decisions of police involving disproportionate interference with claimants’ Convention rights— Whether claimants would have had “reasonable excuse” for breach of restrictions—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 10, 11
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Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1374), reg 10, Sch 3A, para 5