Geoff Pearson
@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social
Prof of Law at Manchester University. Socio-legal research interests in human rights, policing, public order, crowd management, football "hooliganism", Ethnography, and sports law. Currently on research leave.
The test for what is damage under the CDA is a really low bar, albeit subject to the AG Ref qualification. I'd be amazed if they wouldn't have been convicted of that.
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The test for what is damage under the CDA is a really low bar, albeit subject to the AG Ref qualification. I'd be amazed if they wouldn't have been convicted of that.
That's made my day.
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That's made my day.
Reposted by Geoff Pearson
I elaborate on allegation-picking here. It has the potential to act (in certain circumstances) as a vehicle for judicial avoidance but one that has avoided the same kind of scruinty as doctrines such as the margin of appreciation have been subjected to: strasbourgobservers.com/2025/02/25/a...
Allegation-Picking and the European Court of Human Rights: A Pervasive Court Practice Hiding in Plain Sight? - Strasbourg Observers
By Alan Greene It is now almost cliché to suggest that the European Court of Human Rights ‘missed an opportunity’ when handing down a judgment. Often, these laments highlight that the Court decided th...
strasbourgobservers.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I elaborate on allegation-picking here. It has the potential to act (in certain circumstances) as a vehicle for judicial avoidance but one that has avoided the same kind of scruinty as doctrines such as the margin of appreciation have been subjected to: strasbourgobservers.com/2025/02/25/a...
New flagship policy of One Out, One In?
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New flagship policy of One Out, One In?
If that is even a half accurate account of the intelligence received by the SAG, it's pretty embarrassing* for the senior politicians from all sides who spoke out about it.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If that is even a half accurate account of the intelligence received by the SAG, it's pretty embarrassing* for the senior politicians from all sides who spoke out about it.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
*Well, those who still have any shame anyway.
Reposted by Geoff Pearson
A Maccabi club source told the UK Jewish News that the intervention of far right political activist Tommy Robinson pledging to attend the game as a Maccabi fan was the "final straw" for their decision about the risks of accepting tickets amid this row
www.jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-ma...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-ma...
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A Maccabi club source told the UK Jewish News that the intervention of far right political activist Tommy Robinson pledging to attend the game as a Maccabi fan was the "final straw" for their decision about the risks of accepting tickets amid this row
www.jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-ma...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-ma...
It sounds like you are OK with famalam?
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It sounds like you are OK with famalam?
Indeed. It's a very similar argument.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Indeed. It's a very similar argument.
Yes, the policing of protests also take away police from their routine duties. And an argument was put forward at that committee hearing that the organisers of repeat protests should pay for their own policing.
October 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes, the policing of protests also take away police from their routine duties. And an argument was put forward at that committee hearing that the organisers of repeat protests should pay for their own policing.