What happened?
RTS wanted vigil, MPS issued blanket ban on all protests without considering proper issues
So what did they do?
Went to High Court to try to get them to see protest was safe
What was wrong?
MPS had not carried out case-specific proportionality test as in Dolan and CPP v. Ziegler
What is the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill?
2022 - static demos and protest marches same Unlimited fines and 51 weeks in prison for ‘wilful obstruction of the highway’