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Director of Public Prosecutions v Cuciurean: Admn 30 Mar 2022

Whether the decision of the Supreme Court in DPP v. Ziegler [2021] UKSC 23; [2021] 3 WLR 179 requires a criminal court to determine in all cases which arise out of ‘non-violent’ protest whether the conviction is proportionate for the purposes of articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the Convention’) which protect freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly respectively.

Judges:

The Lord Burnett of Maldon
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Mr Justice Holgate

Citations:

[2022] EWHC 736 (Admin)

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 10 11

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedDirector of Public Prosecutions v Ziegler and Others SC 25-Jun-2021
In criminal proceedings arising out of protest activity: (1) is deliberate physically obstructive conduct by protesters capable of constituting a lawful excuse for the purposes of s.137 of the Highways Act 1980?; and (2) what is the test to be . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Human Rights, Crime

Updated: 14 April 2022; Ref: scu.675320

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