Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 130 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Crim 995
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hughes LJ, Cooke and Burnett JJ

Representation Henry Grunwald QC and Jason Cross (instructed by First Defence Solicitors) for the defendants.
  John McGuinness QC and Jonathan Sank (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 16 May 2012

Catchwords

Public order - Football - Football banning order - Court imposing six year football banning orders (orders) following defendants' convictions for affray - Whether statutory process being followed - Whether orders should be quashed.

The Case

Public order Football. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in allowing the defendants' appeals against football banning orders (FBOs), held, inter alia, that the statutory process for considering, and if appropriate, for making FBOs had not been followed.

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