Birmingham City Council v Jones

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Gang-related violence — Exercise of statutory jurisdiction — Statutory power to grant injunction in restraint of gang-related violence — Whether involving determination of criminal charge — Appropriate standard of proof — Whether scheme compatible with Convention right to fair trial — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6 — Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c 26), s 34 (as amended by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c 9), s 51) — Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c 12), s 1

[2018] EWCA Civ 1189; [2019] QB 521; [2018] 3 WLR 1695; [2018] 2 Cr App R 23; [2018] WLR (D) 312, CA

INJUNCTION — Gang injunctions — Standard of proof — Statutory powers to grant injunctions in restraint of gang-related violence, gang-related drug-dealing activity and anti-social behaviour — Whether criminal or civil standard of proof applicable — Whether statutory schemes compatible with Convention right to fair trial — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1) — Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c 26), s 34 — Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c 12), s 1

[2023] UKSC 27; [2024] AC 168; [2023] 3 WLR 343; [2023] 4 All ER 595; [2023] 2 Cr App R 19; [2023] WLR(D) 317, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

St Ives Chambers
Gangs and Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions – Standard of Proof Case comment

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Injunctions under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 - Meaning of anti-social behaviour 88.3

Injunctions under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 - Granting the injunction order 88.35

Articles of the Convention Incorporated into the Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 6: right to a fair trial - Scope of art. 6(1) 91.20