Public Place in UK Law

  • Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 07 May 2008
    ... ... of a test case designed to establish the right of persons in the public eye (such as the Claimant's mother) to protection from intrusion into ... life even when they consist of activities conducted in a public place.” We do not think that that is correct. The evidence ... ...
  • Campbell v MGN Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 06 May 2004
    ... ... , but anyone who knew the district well would be able to identify the place shown in the photograph ... 6 The general tone of the articles ... as a newspaper as they are in disputes between individuals and a public authority ... 18 In reaching this conclusion it is not necessary ... ...
  • Cozens v Brutus
    • House of Lords
    • 19 June 1972
    ... ... the peace was likely to be occasioned, contrary to section 5 of the Public Order Act, 1936, as amended ... 2 While a match was in progress on No ... Section 5 is in these terms: "Any person who in any public place or at any public meeting uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or ... ...
  • Pinner v Everett
    • House of Lords
    • 29 July 1969
    ... ... driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle on a road or other public place to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test there or nearby, ... ...
  • Sheldrake v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 14 October 2004
    ... ... Sheldrake (Respondent) and Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) (Criminal Appeal from Her ... Before turning to the facts of these two cases it is necessary to place them in their legal context. To this end I shall briefly review the ... ...
  • R v Brown Lucas Jaggard Laskey Carter (Conjoined Appeals)
    • House of Lords
    • 11 March 1993
    ... ... the convictions and certified the following point of law of general public importance: "Where A wounds or assaults B occasioning him actual ... Given the fact that the fight took place before a crowd of more than 100 persons the likelihood of a breach of the ... ...
  • R v Avis and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 December 1997
    ... ... imposed for certain of these offences in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. (3) The Criminal Statistics for England and Wales ... it is an offence to possess a firearm and ammunition in any public place. The maximum term of imprisonment on indictment was increased by the 1994 ... ...
  • International Transport Roth GmbH and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 February 2002
    ... ... any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal ... Why, therefore, attempt the classification exercise in the first place? Simpler surely to address the question as to whether the protections are ... ...
  • Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd and Others (No. 2)
    • House of Lords
    • 13 October 1988
    ... ... Publication also took place in Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and a number of other countries. Her ... Further as a general rule it is in the public interest that confidences should be respected, and the encouragement of ... ...
  • Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ... ... Until 5 July 1991 B.C.C.I. carried on business at its principal place of business in the City of London, and at many branches elsewhere in the ... The first is based on the tort of misfeasance in public office. The plaintiffs allege that named senior officials of the Banking ... ...
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