Police Powers Extended Too Far?
Austin and another v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: [2007] EWCA Civ 989
CA
15 October 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
In extreme and exceptional circumstances it was lawful for the police to contain demonstrators and members of the public caught up in that demonstration even though they themselves did not appear to be about to commit a breach of the peace, where it was necessary to prevent an imminent breach of the peace by others, and no other means would achieve that.