[Imc-uk-features] Imc-uk-features Digest, Vol 55, Issue 35

[Jeff Parks]

Barney 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.

You're right, overediting lost the precision, it should read:

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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.
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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'.

mit liebe u. wut,
Jeff
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