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NLJ this week: A right Royal affair, unlawful detention & the right to protest as a king is crowned

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10 November 2023
Issue: 8048 / Categories: Legal News , Constitutional law , Public
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Coronations and royal weddings, attended by important dignitaries from around the world, require massive security. However, those arrests must be lawful, writes Neil Parpworth, lecturer in law at Leicester De Montfort Law School, in this week’s NLJ

While King Charles III and Queen Camilla rode in style to Westminster Abbey in May for His Majesty’s coronation, more than 11,000 police officers were on the lookout for potential breach of the peace or public nuisance offences as well as offences under the Public Order Act 2023. Six members of an anti-monarchy group, Republic, were among those arrested, thus preventing them from protesting along with others in Trafalgar Square. The chief executive of Republic, who was later released without charge, is now suing the Metropolitan Police for unlawful arrest.

Parpworth covers Home Affairs Committee evidence on arrests during the coronation, and discusses caselaw on unlawful detention. 

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