Tom Wainwright, Anna Morris and Owen Greenhall are all barristers at Garden Court. Lochlinn Parker is Partner and Head of Civil Liberties at ITN solicitors.

• 1 Powers, rights and procedure:Powers and restrictions in relation to protests;At the police station.2 Criminal court procedural issues:First appearance at the magistrates’ court;Disclosure;Summary trial procedure;Abuse of process;Appeals.3 Common offences, defences and core principles:Aggravated trespass;Assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer in the execution of their duty;Assaults on emergency workers;Breach of the peace;Criminal damage;Failing to comply with orders;Location-specific offences and byelaws;Obstruction of the highway;Public nuisance;‘Public order’ offences;Watching and besetting;Miscellaneous offences;General defences;Sentencing principles;Human rights.4 Occupations:What is an occupation?;Criminal law;Civil law.5 Injunctions:How do injunctions arise?;A taxonomy of injunctions;Giving notice;Injunctions against unnamed defendants;Representative proceedings;Procedure;When will the court grant an injunction?;Grounds for injunctions;The terms of an injunction;Proportionality agreements;After the hearing;Contempt of court;Penalty;Legal aid and costs;Other proceedings;Conclusion.6 Holding the police to account:How best to challenge the police;Funding complaints and civil actions against the police;Complaints against the police;Civil actions against the police;Judicial review proceedings.Annex A Flowcharts Annex B Key legislation Human Rights Act 1998Public Order Act 1986Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Annex C Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 Annex D Useful websites Annex E Public protests

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