[Imc-uk-features] PUBLISHED: Preserving disorder: freedom to protest and the future of SOCPA

[Chris]

Hi

On Fri 16-Nov-2007 at 08:44:27PM +0000, Jeff Parks wrote:
> 
> You're right, overediting lost the precision, it should read:
> 
> -------------
> 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 of the possibility of police turning the coaches away had
> the circumstances been slightly different, and this was recently used
> to justify the Court of Appeal's dismissal of the Mayday 2001
> compensation case (<a
> href="http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/989.html">Austin vs
> Met Police</a>), agreeing with the High Court's <a
> href="/en/2005/04/308505.html">previous ruling</a> that the Oxford
> Circus police cordon was lawful but also adding the idea that even
> those not involved in any protest had a duty to go along quietly with
> police containment.
> --------------
> 
> per http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/989.html#para29 and
> http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/989.html#para110
> 
> Also, the first sentence in the final paragraph should say 'difficult
> situations' not 'situation'.

Nice one -- it's been published with these corrections:

  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386033.html

Personally I'm all I favour of this kind of detailed, well
researched, political feature -- thanks a lot for all the
time you put into it, and keep them coming :-)

Chris

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