Public Order in UK Law
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Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
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I would hold therefore that there is room, even in the case of fundamental rights as to whose application no restriction or limitation is permitted by the Convention, for a pragmatic approach to be taken which takes full account of all the circumstances. This is a situation where a search for a fair balance is necessary if these competing fundamental rights are to be reconciled with each other.
The police are under a duty to keep the peace when a riot is threatened, and to take reasonable steps to prevent serious public disorder, especially if it involves violence to individuals and property. Any sensible person living in a modern democracy would reasonably expect to be confined, or at least accept that it was proper that she could be confined, within a limited space by the police, in some circumstances.
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R (Laporte) v Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary
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But, as O'Kelly v Harvey shows, where it is necessary in order to prevent a breach of the peace, at common law police officers can take action (in that case dispersing a meeting) which affects people who are not themselves going to be actively involved in the breach.
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R v Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, ex parte Central Electricity Generating Board
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There is a breach of the peace whenever a person who is lawfully carrying out his work is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it. He is entitled by law peacefully to go on with his work on his lawful occasions. If anyone unlawfully and physically obstructs the worker—by lying down or chaining himself to a rig or the like—he is guilty of a breach of the peace.
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Glamorgan County Council v Glasbrook Brothers
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No doubt there is an absolute and unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace, for preventing crime, or for protecting property from criminal injury; and the public, who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes, cannot lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right.
Instances are the lending of constables on the occasions of large gatherings in and outside private premises, as on the occasions of weddings, athletic or boxing contests or race meetings, and the provision of constables at large railway stations.
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Leeds United Football Club Ltd v Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police
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Prima facie, in a public location the provision of police services in both situations is likely to be in discharge of the duty to maintain law and order. As I have explained at para 30 above, the position is likely to be different in private premises.
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Public Order
Mr. Brown is Staff Tutor in Politics, Department of Adult Education, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Prior to his present appointment he was a member of the academic staff of the Police College,...
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Application for an order to annul a Convention adoption or Convention adoption order or for an overseas adoption or determination under section 91 to cease to be valid. Section 89 Adoption and Children Act 2002
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.... ... • An order to annul a Convention adoption or Convention adoption order on the ground ... that the adoption is contrary to public policy; ... • An order that an overseas adoption or a determination under section 91 cease to be ... valid on the ground that the adoption or ... ...
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Statutory declaration for single Applicants
Forms relating to gender recognition including applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (Form T450).... ... a commissioner for oaths, a notary public, a legal executive, a licensed conveyancer, an ... authorised advocate, an ... Scotland would also be a notary public ... In order to have your oath administered by a Justice of the Peace or a magistrate ... ...
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Evidence in support of application for registration of a community judgment (rules 74.19 and 74.21)
King's Bench forms for use in cases such as personal injury, negligence and breach of contract.... ... of the European Communities (Enforcement of Community Judgments) Order 1972 ... In the matter of Civil Procedure Rules 74.19, 74.20 and 74.21 ... Order, [together with a translation [certified by a notary public or other qualified person] [verified as to its accuracy by the [witness ... ...
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Statutory declaration for applicants who are married or in a civil partnership
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