“Scotland Yard was accused of misleading its own watchdog last night after an official report on the policing of the G20 London protests was said to contain ‘false claims’ and ‘gross inaccuracies’.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard has paid £85,000 damages to five people who were arrested, imprisoned for 40 hours and prosecuted after a protest outside a London embassy.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An attempt to stop new footage being broadcast of the moments leading up to the death of Ian Tomlinson has failed.”
BBC News, 21st April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A third postmortem examination is to be carried out tomorrow on the body of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller who died shortly after a police officer hit him from behind during the G20 protests on 1 April.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, has ordered a review of public order policing amid mounting concerns over the way his force and the City of London police handled the G20 protests this month.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have carried out what is thought to be the biggest pre-emptive raid on environmental campaigners in British history, arresting 114 people believed to be planning direct action at a coal-fired power station.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An officer caught on camera lungeing a newspaper seller during G20 protests near the Bank of England was last night suspended. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is waiting to interview the man while Scotland Yard defended itself against accusations it deliberately misled the public over the death.”
The Independent, 10th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s police watchdog today reversed its decision to allow police to investigate the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in London last week after watching Guardian video footage of a baton-wielding officer attacking him.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Liberal Democrats are demanding a criminal inquiry after video footage of the G20 protest showed a police officer pushing over a man who later died.”
BBC News, 8th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This week police used ‘kettling’ – penning marchers in an area and refusing to let them out – to deal with the G20 demonstrations. Is this really the most sensible way to tackle protests?”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Laws intended for counter-terrorism are being misused in an increasingly heavy-handed approach to policing protests, a new parliamentary report warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report into the policing of last year’s Climate Camp demonstration, to be presented today in parliament, has criticised Kent police for its apparent use of ‘psychological operations’.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Kent police accepted last night they should not have placed journalists under surveillance after a Guardian investigation revealed members of the press were monitored and followed at last year’s climate camp demonstration.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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.
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.
“Women peace activists have been told by a judge they can continue camping outside the Aldermaston nuclear weapons site, no matter how ‘tiresome’ the Ministry of Defence thinks they are.”
The Independent, 6th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] UKHL 5; [2009] WLR (D) 26
“Demonstrators who had been confined within a police cordon for several hours did not suffer a violation of their right to liberty guaranteed by art 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998 if the cordon was part of the crowd control measures adopted by the police in order to prevent a breach of public order, and the measures were not arbitrary but were resorted to in good faith, were proportionate and were enforced for no longer than was reasonably necessary.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
House of Lords
“Crowd control measures adopted by police in order to prevent a breach of public order, which resulted in several thousand people being confined within a police cordon for several hours, did not amount to a violation of the right to liberty if the measures were used in good faith, were proportionate and were enforced for no longer than was reasonably necessary.”
The Times, 29th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“A group of climate change protesters who brought Stansted airport to a standstill after occupying a taxiway in December were sentenced yesterday, as it emerged that they and others who joined them face the threat of being sued for more than £2m in damages.”
The Guardian, 8th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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