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R (ON THE APPLICATION OF JANE LAPORTE) V (1) CHIEF CONSTABLE OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY & (1) CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THAMES VALLEY POLICE (2) THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS (INTERESTED PARTIES) (3) LIBERTY (INTERVENOR) (2004)

PUBLISHED December 8, 2004
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[2004] EWCA Civ 1639

The police acted lawfully in preventing coach passengers reaching the site of a demonstration at which a breach of the peace was likely, but acted unlawfully in escorting the coaches back to London without stopping when other action could have been taken with less impact on the passengers' rights to freedom of action.

CA (Civ Div) (Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ, Clarke LJ, Rix LJ)

08/12/2004

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