[Imc-uk-features] feature proposal: preserving disorder - freedomto protest and the future of SOCPA

[Barney]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:15:05PM +0000, Jeff Parks wrote:
> The Fairford coaches judgment (<a                                                    
> href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldjudgmt/jd131206/lapor-1.htm">Laporte
> vs Gloucestershire Police</a>) widely regarded as an <a
> href="/en/2006/12/358276.html">important victory</a> did at the same                                            
> time approve the police turning the coaches away from the protest, and

That was the decision of the court of appeal, but as I understand it
the lords ruled that:

    ...stopping the coaches from proceeding was not lawful at common law
    - and so infringed the claimant's article 10 and 11 rights.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldjudgmt/jd131206/lapor-5.htm

That was the reason for the appeal to the lords.

Barney