Hearings
England & Wales
11 Mar 2022 [2022] EWHC 527 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 3141; [2022] 4 All ER 796; [2022] WLR(D) 116; The Times, 9 May 2022; Press summary, QBD (Warby LJ, Holgate J)
R (Leigh) v Comr of Police of the Metropolis
Subject Matter
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 — Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1374), reg 10, Sch 3A, para 5
[2022] EWHC 527 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 3141; [2022] 4 All ER 796; [2022] WLR(D) 116; The Times, 9 May 2022; Press summary, QBD
Commentary
UK Human Rights Blog
Victory for claimants in Sarah Everard vigil case
Case comment
Protest Matters
Some very rough and ready thoughts on today’s protest judgment – Leigh, arising from the Met’s policing of last year’s Sarah Everard vigil
Case comment