You Wait for Ages Then Two Come Along at Once: An Analysis of Ziegler v DPP [2021] UKSC 23

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Mead, David (2025) You Wait for Ages Then Two Come Along at Once: An Analysis of Ziegler v DPP [2021] UKSC 23. In: Public Law and the UK Supreme Court: Key Cases and Decisions. Routledge, p. 254. ISBN 9781032734828

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Abstract

The Supreme Court judgment in DPP v Ziegler adds to our understanding of how proportionality plays out within the UK’s human rights-infused public law in two distinct ways. First, the test that appellate courts should apply when revisiting lower court determinations of whether decision-makers X did/did not act proportionately: in short, how far should they defer? The second was the scope of Convention-based proportionality ‘lawful/reasonable excuse’ defences when disruptive protesters face criminal charges. This piece evaluates those two aspects of Ziegler in light too of the Supreme Court judgment in Safe Access Zones Reference (SAZ) from Northern Ireland a year later on.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Human Rights and Public Protest
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Media, Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2026 16:30
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2026 16:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101543
DOI: isbn:9781032734828

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