Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 06/25/2021

Subject: The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, on the conditions to invoke the so-called “lawful excuse” – and therefore the protection of articles 10 and 11 of the ECHR – in the criminal proceeding against a group of demonstrators, who obstructed the highway leading to an arms fair

Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) v Ziegler and others (Appellants)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 12 Freedom of assembly - Freedom of association

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