Kirsty Brimelow KC gave evidence to the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee’s examination of the Metropolitan Police’s approach to public order policy

Kirsty Brimelow KC gave evidence to the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee’s examination of the Metropolitan Police’s approach to public order policy. She criticised the lowering of the threshold for “serious disruption” to a definition of “more than minor” (ss. 2A and 2B of the Public Order Act 1986 Subsequent to this report, the Court of Appeal upheld that the Regulations introducing ss. 2A and 2B are unlawful. R (on the application of National Council for Civil Liberties) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Public Law Project intervening) [2024] EWHC 1181 (Admin), [2024] 1 WLR 5398, [2024] All ER (D) 89 (May)

Kirsty spoke alongside Matt Parr, former Inspector, HMICFRS and Lord Walney, former Government Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption.

Report and recommendations published.