R v Thacker and ors
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD BURNETT OF MALDON, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE JAY and THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE WHIPPLE |
| Judgment Date | 29 January 2021 |
| Neutral Citation | [2021] EWCA Crim 97 |
| Subject Matter | Civil |
| Docket Number | s |
| Court | Crown Court |
Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWCA Crim 97
Case Nos: C201900126 C3, 201900128 to 201900135 and 201900137 to 201900142
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM CHELMSFORD CROWN COURT
HHJ MORGAN SITTING WITH A JURY
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 29/01/2021
Before:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD BURNETT OF MALDON,
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE JAY
and
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE WHIPPLE
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Between:
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Respondent
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EDWARD THACKER, BENJAMIN SMOKE,
MELANIE STRICKLAND, LYNDSEY BURTONSHAW,
LAURA CLAYSON, MAY MACKEITH,
MELANIE EVANS, ALISTAIR TAMLIT,
NICHOLAS SIGSWORTH, EMMA HUGHES,
RUTH POTTS, JYOTSNA RAM, JOSEPH MCGAHAN,
NATHAN CLACK AND HELEN BREWER
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LIBERTY
Appellants
Intervener
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Clare Montgomery QC (instructed by Hodge, Jones and Allen Solicitors) for Thacker,
Smoke, Strickland, Evans, Hughes, Potts, Ram, McGahan and Clack (with Owen
Greenhall for Strickland and Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh for the remainder)
Tim Moloney QC (instructed by Hodge, Jones and Allen Solicitors) for Brewer,
Burtonshaw, Clayson, MacKeith, Sigsworth and Tamlit (with Owen Greenhall for Tamlit
and Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh for the remainder)
Tony Badenoch QC, Phillip McGhee and Karl Laird (instructed by the Crown Prosecution
Service) for the Crown
Jude Bunting (instructed by Liberty) for the Intervener
Hearing dates: 24 – 26 November 2020
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Approved Judgment
Covid-19 Protocol: This judgment was handed down remotely by circulation to the parties’
representatives by email, release to BAILII and publication on the Courts and Tribunals
Judiciary website. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be 2pm on 29 January 2021.
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