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Leeds United win High Court action against police
Leeds United have won their High Court action over who should pay for policing of matches at their Elland Road stadium.
Leeds United clean the streets
Leeds United's players have swapped their strip for overalls and joined forces with the council to keep to the streets clean.
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Victory for Leeds FC over policing costs
Leeds United have won their High Court action over who should pay for policing of matches at their Elland Road stadium.
The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.
The litigation involved policing in the extended footprint of land around the stadium which is not owned or leased by the club - who claimed this fell within the scope of a constable's normal common law obligations to maintain public order.
– Mr Justice Eady"More generally, it seems wrong to discount the majority of well-behaved fans who come to Elland Road, whether club supporters or visitors, all of whom retain their status as members of the public. In that capacity, they too are entitled to expect police protection. In any event, I consider that there would be insuperable difficulties in seeking to sub-divide people, in public highways and other spaces, when trying to assess to whose benefit such duties were carried out. They are intended to keep the Queen's peace in the interests of the general public."
Court to rule on Leeds United policing row
A dispute over who should pay for policing of matches at Leeds United's Elland Road stadium will be decided today. The Championship side has asked London's High Court for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police
services, whether it was entitled to be repaid for services it says were wrongly categorised. The litigation involves policing in the extended footprint of land around the stadium that is not owned or leased by the club. Earlier this month, Michael Beloff QC told Mr Justice Eady that the club was
content to pay for services within the stadium or on land privately owned, leased or controlled by it. But it claimed that policing on the public highway, on land not owned or controlled by it, for the purposes of maintaining public order, did not constitute special police services.
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