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The High Court upheld the Metropolitan Police’s overt live facial recognition policy, finding it sufficiently clear, foreseeable and constrained to satisfy Convention rights.
Vincent v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2026] EWHC 769 (KB) (31 March 2026)
The High Court dismissed an appeal arising from a protest at Ramsgate port, holding that police use of force against a protester was justified and proportionate.
The High Court granted Birmingham City Council interim injunctive relief against unknown protesters blocking depots and waste vehicles, and allowed alternative service.
Smith & Ors, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1623 (16 December 2025)
Court of Appeal upheld sentences for protest-related criminal damage to the Queen Victoria Memorial, finding high culpability, serious harm, and no Article 10 or 11 breach.
The Court of Appeal refused out-of-time sentence appeals by five protestors convicted of criminal damage to the Queen Victoria Memorial.
The University is entitled to a final injunction against persons unknown for a year over three specified sites, as there is a real and imminent risk of trespass and nuisance, no realistic private law or human rights defence, and the injunction is necessary, proportionate, clear, and leaves ample opportunity for protest elsewhere. The procedural and substantive requirements for injunctions against persons unknown are satisfied.
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The 27 March 2025 statement by Just Stop Oil constituted a material change of circumstances, but the short period since the statement and ongoing evidence of risk meant it was premature to discharge the injunctions. The injunctions should remain in force for up to six more months, with an earlier review in November 2025 to assess whether the risk of road-blocking protests had truly dissipated.
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The High Court refused renewed permission for judicial review over the claimant’s exclusion from a student union AGM, finding the claim academic and better suited to the County Court.
Perrie v Leeds Trinity University (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 2940 (Admin) (06 November 2025)
Renewed judicial review permission was refused. The court held the claim was academic, an alternative remedy lay in the County Court, and the irrationality ground was unarguable.
Ammori, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1311 (17 October 2025)
The Court of Appeal held that deproscription under the Terrorism Act 2000 is not an adequate alternative remedy to judicial review of an initial proscription order.
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