I did not say that Jehovah's Witnesses believed they had the legal right to trespass, just that they felt they had the moral right to ignore signs requesting no solicitation/cold calling. I cited their court cases in the US merely to illustrate that they were known for vigorously asserting this right.
Under English Common Law, these sort of signs, and indeed even signs stating 'No Trespassing', have absolutely no legal status. Trespass only occurs if a person is asked to leave by the property owner and refuses to do so.
I hope that's clear and won't lead to more random capitalisation on your part.
Re: JWs are Trespassers
I did not say that Jehovah's Witnesses believed they had the legal right to trespass, just that they felt they had the moral right to ignore signs requesting no solicitation/cold calling. I cited their court cases in the US merely to illustrate that they were known for vigorously asserting this right.
Under English Common Law, these sort of signs, and indeed even signs stating 'No Trespassing', have absolutely no legal status. Trespass only occurs if a person is asked to leave by the property owner and refuses to do so.
I hope that's clear and won't lead to more random capitalisation on your part.