Questions tagged [public-order]
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What law makes intending to cause harassment alarm and distress an offence in the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-62793135
I know that s5 makes conduct “likely to cause” … harassment alarm or distress a crime on a strict liability basis. But what provision makes ...
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If Hammond v. DPP EWHC 69 (2004) had taken place in 2008, would it have held?
In 2006 Section 29J was added the Public Order Act 1986 which provides freedom of belief and expression defense for religiously aggravated versions of public order offences.
Hammond v DPP applies a ...
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What is - and isn't - "harassment" "alarm" and "distress"?
Certain controversial and seemingly ill defined and subjective provisions like s4a or S5 public order offences, or anti social Behaviour legislation rely on terms like harassment alarm and distress. ...
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How are alarm or distress defined in s4A Public Order Act 1986?
If one shouts at another as they pass "shame on you" "traitor" "how do you sleep at night"? Shouldn't these be protected expressions of perfectly reasonable antipathy ...