Regina v Cunningham Graham and Burns: 1888

The court rejected a suggestion that there was a right of public meeting in Trafalgar Square or any other thoroughfare. ‘So far as I know the law of England, the use of public thoroughfares is for people to pass and repass along them. That is the purpose for which they are, as we say, dedicated by the owner of them for the use of the public, and they are not dedicated to the public use for any other purpose that I know of other than for the purpose of passing and repassing; and, if you come to regard Trafalgar Square as a place of public resort simply, it seems to me it would be very analogous to the case of public thoroughfares.’

Judges:

Charles J

Citations:

(1888) 16 Cox 420

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

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Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.192194