Cases

Wood v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (CA)

Facts

W was a media co-ordinator for the Campaign against Arms Trade (CAAT). He was photographed by the police on the street outside an annual general meeting of a company whose subsidiary organised a trade fair for the arms industry. The photographs were taken to enable the police to identify (i) potential offenders in the event offences had been committed at the meeting; and (ii) potential offenders at the trade fair.

McCombe J held that had been no interference under Article 8(1) and, in the alternative, the interference was in accordance with Article 8(2). W appealed, contending that Article 8 was engaged and that the actions of the police fell outside Article 8(2).

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