Click the case name for better results:

Lucy and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Nov 1996

The defendants had sought to demonstrate against the use of a quarry. On the day, the quarry had been announced to be closed. They were charged with disrupting activities at the site and aggravated trespass. Held: Even if the demonstrators had anticipated that no quarrying activities would be interrupted, it was clear that as trespassers … Continue reading Lucy and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Nov 1996

Crown Prosecution Service v Barnard and Others: QBD 3 Nov 1999

The information against the derendants alleged no more than that the accused had ‘unlawfully occupied the site and that they had done so with the intention specified in s.68’ of the 1994 Act. Held: The information did not disclose any offence known to the law. Section 68 makes it plain that to prove an offence … Continue reading Crown Prosecution Service v Barnard and Others: QBD 3 Nov 1999

Bauer and Others v The Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Mar 2013

The appellants had entered Fortnum and Masons to demonstrate against tax avoidance. They appealed against convitions for aggravated trespass. Held: The statutory question posed by s.68 is whether the prosecution can prove that the trespasser has done anything on the land (‘there’), apart from trespassing, with the required statutory intent? As to that, there is … Continue reading Bauer and Others v The Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Mar 2013