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04 April 2008
Issue: 7315 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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SENTENCING

R (White) v Crown Court at Blackfriars [2008] EWHC 510 (Admin)

A football banning order under s 14A of the Football Spectators Act 1989 should be imposed only where there are strong grounds for concluding that the individual subject of the order has a propensity for taking part in football hooliganism.

The court is entitled to take into account and to give great weight to deterrence; there are clear benefits in it being widely known that a person who assaults an official at a football match is liable to be made the subject of a football banning order even if the incident was, for that person, an isolated one.

 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team

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