On April 29th The Crime and Policing Act 2026 received royal assent. It contains a number of new protest related offences and police powers, some of which are the most significant to have been introduced since the Public Order Act 1986.
Appeal Denied for Protesters re Convictions Under New s 7 Power of the Public Order Act 2023
Following a slow march protest on Earl’s Court Road in London in November 2023, three Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters were convicted of an offence under s 7 Public Order Act 2023 (POA 23).[1] This is the offence of interfering with key national infrastructure – for more information about this offence see here. For the purposes of this protest, […]
