R v Horseferry Road Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex parte Siadatan

Hearings

09 Apr 1990 [1991] 1 QB 260; [1990] 3 WLR 1006; [1991] 1 All ER 324; 92 Cr App R 257; The Times, 11 April 1990, DC

Additional names

Siadatan, Ex parte

Subject Matter

CRIME — Public order — Abusive or insulting writing provoking violence — Distribution of book likely to provoke unlawful violence — Whether offence restricted to “immediate” unlawful violence — Public Order Act 1986, s 4(1)

[1991] 1 QB 260; [1990] 3 WLR 1006; [1991] 1 All ER 324; 92 Cr App R 257; The Times, 11 April 1990, DC

Commentary

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Fear or Provocation of Violence - Four Ways of Committing an Offence under s. 4 B11.37

Fear or Provocation of Violence - Mens Rea B11.43