The court was asked whether the appellants had a reasonable excuse, within the meaning of the Stonehenge Regulations 1997, for entering the stone circle at Stonehenge on 4 February 2018 and 6 May 2018. The reasonable excuse was that the restrictions on entry to the stone circle impermissibly infringed the appellants’ rights under articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (‘ECHR’), to which domestic effect was given by the Human Rights Act 1998.
Judges:
Lord Justice Dingemans
Citations:
[2021] EWHC 483 (Admin)
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Land, Crime, Human Rights
Updated: 13 September 2022; Ref: scu.659491
