The law regulating public protest has previously been governed by a mixture of common law and statutes. It is now also covered by the Human Rights Act 1998, and Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights which protect freedom of expression and freedom of assembly respectively. The Laporte case held that in order for those seeking to exercise their Article 10 or 11 rights to be stopped in some way by those claiming to prevent a breach of the peace, a breach of peace must be imminent. There has been a slight shift in protection of what the author refers to as a right to demonstrate.Abstract by Rose Goss.