On Valentine’s Day the High Court published a case judgement on a matter of Free Speech.
“For the reasons I have set out, whilst Mrs B made a complaint that was recorded under HCOG, the police’s treatment of the Claimant thereafter disproportionately interfered with his right of freedom of expression, which is an essential component of democracy for all of the reasons I explained at the beginning of this judgment.”
MR JUSTICE JULIAN KNOWLES
The Charles Bradlaugh Society is pleased to announce that the Claimant in that case, Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWHC 225 (Admin), will be this year’s speaker for the annual Bradlaugh Talk. Harry Miller will be joining us for the 19th Annual Charles Bradlaugh Commemoration on Sunday 27th September 2020. The talk with Q&A on his experiences will be at the Bradlaugh Barn commencing at noon.
As of the time of writing it has been agreed with the Bradlaugh Fields and Barn Committee to allow 25 people sitting 2 metres apart. This is subject to change at the last minute. Please check the website before travelling. The location of Bradlaugh Barn can be found here https://bradlaugh.org/visit-us
To reserve your seat then please visit our Eventbrite page.
FREE TICKETS are available from midnight 7th August on a First Come First Served basis.
Following the Bradlaugh Talk we will reconvene at Abington Square for the 3:00pm commemoration where social distancing will be expected. There won’t be a group photograph nor Bradlaugh Walk this year.
“Free speech includes not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative … Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having … “
Sedley LJ in Redmond-Bate v Director of Public Prosecutions (1999) 7 BHRC 375, [20]:
NB This event may be cancelled at short notice in which case all tickets will be null and void and no liability for any costs will be accepted.
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