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Old February 23rd 08, 03:38 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Chris Tolley Chris  Tolley is offline
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Default BTP seeking Tube photographer attacker

Bill Borland wrote:

In article , Chris Tolley
writes


I'd be more comfortable if it were expressed as a double negative: in a
public place, there is generally no right for others to stop people
taking photographs. I don't believe there *is* a right to take
photographs, and can't imagine which legislation I would have to look at
to find it, but I think the statement above is pretty much on the mark.


As I understand it, you don't need a "right" to do anything under
British law. You can do anything you like, provided that neither -
(a) there is a law specifically forbidding it, in which case you may
be prosecuted, nor
(b) it may cause damage to another person, in which case he may bring
a civil action for damages.


Indeed. That's precisely the point behind what I wrote.

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