R (on the application of Newhaven Port and Properties Limited) (Appellant) v East Sussex County Council and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 25th February 2015
Category: byelaws
Man facing prosecution for ‘tombstoning’ – Daily Telegraph
“The first prosecution for ‘tombstoning’ could be brought against a man accused of jumping from a 30ft bridge.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
We shall fight, on the beaches – UK Human Rights Blog
“This is a tale of common law rights, open water swimming, and individual freedoms. It is about the flip side of codified human rights: the time-honoured principle, that that which is not specifically prohibited, is – or should be – permitted in English law.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme court becomes a constitutional animal – The Guardian
“A recent case concerning Welsh byelaws saw the UK’s highest court acting as a constitutional court.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General v National Assembly for Wales Commission and others – WLR Daily
“Provisions in the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill, which were necessary to give effect to the Bill but raised no separate issue of principle, were incidental to or consequential to the Bill’s primary purpose of removing the requirement for the confirmation of byelaws by the Welsh Ministers as part of the overall streamlining and modernising of the way in which byelaws were made in Wales and, on a true construction, were within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales.”
WLR Daily, November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Legality of first Welsh bill challenged at Supreme Court – BBC News
“The legality of the first bill passed by the Welsh assembly under new law-making powers will be challenged at the Supreme Court by the attorney general.”
BBC News, 9th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
By-law plan to remove Parliament Square tent protest – BBC News
“Westminster City Council has said it intends to introduce a by-law to remove tents from Parliament Square.”
BBC News, 5th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
St Paul’s seeks injunction to evict Occupy London camp – The Guardian
“The City of London Corporation and St Paul’s Cathedral will seek injunctions to evict the anti-capitalist protest camp from the grounds of the historic building, as clergy prepared to celebrate its reopening with a lunchtime service.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government plans to relax cycling by-laws – The Independent
“Hundreds of miles of cycle routes could be created across England following a move to make it easier for councils to scrap outdated local laws.”
The Independent, 29th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New laws to combat ‘tombstoning’ in East Yorkshire – BBC News
“New laws have been enforced by an East Yorkshire council to try and combat people jumping into the sea from a height or ‘tombstoning’.”
BBC News, 14th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bye-bye to old by-laws – BBC News
“Plans to make it easier for English local authorities to abolish outdated by-laws and create new ones are to be outlined by the government.”
BBC News, 31st August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
What can councils use by-laws for? – BBC News
“David Cameron is backing an idea put forward by Greater Manchester councils to ban cheap booze using a by-law. But how ambitious can councils be when they are drawing up by-laws?”
BBC News, 12th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Poachers given open season after fishing law is accidentally abolished – Daily Telegraph
“For centuries the ungentlemanly act of poaching has been punishable under British law.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence – Times Law Reports
Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence
Court of Appeal
“A bylaw prohibiting camping on land at Aldermaston was not justifiable and violated the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly guaranted by articles 10 and 11 respectively of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 25th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Skating pensioner fined by court – BBC News
“A rollerblading pensioner has been fined £300 after he was filmed skating along a street in Southport.”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 23; [2009] WLR (D) 35
“Para 7(2)(f) of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston Byelaws 2007, which prohibited the right of any member of the Women’s Peace Camp to camp within controlled areas on land owned by the Secretary of State for Defence to protest against nuclear weapons was not justifiable and violated the rights to individual freedom of expression and to freedom of peaceful assembly protected by arts 10 and 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Magistrates discharge student who rested feet on train seat – The Guardian
“A railway company was rebuked by magistrates yesterday as they gave a student an absolute discharge for resting her feet on a train seat.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Student who put feet on train seat faces court – Daily Telegraph
“A student is being hauled before the courts for putting her feet up on a train seat ‘for 10 seconds’.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Blind skier, 74, defies Lakes law – BBC News
“A disabled waterskiing champion plans to deliberately break a controversial Lake District speed limit.”
BBC News, 24th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
