Appeal from finding of no case to answer on allegations of aggravated trespass and failing to leave property when directed so to do by a police officer – whether ‘land in the open air’ in the section included buildings.
Held: ,The District Judge misconstrued land in section 68 and was wrong to dismiss the informations for the reasons she gave. The answer to the question of law is that in section 68 of the 1994 Act land includes buildings.
Judges:
Sir Anthony May
(President of the Queen’S Bench Division)
Mr Justice Blair
Citations:
[2010] EWHC 1814 (Admin), (2010) 174 JP 587, [2011] 1 All ER 367, [2011] 1 WLR 2324
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 68 69
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 03 April 2022; Ref: scu.421042