(2 hours ago)Storx wrote To be fair bus stations are private land and the Nexus supervisor will be telling you to move on anyway, unless it's changed recently. 

Like I said I don't disagree but if you're going into places where there's potential for a confrontation then it's not a good place to be. It's not illegal to wear a Newcastle top in Sunderland City Centre but you'd be an idiot to do so.

There's plenty spots around, where there's no issues; Civic Centre towards Great North Road in Newcastle, on the access to the Metrocentre Interchange near where Wilko was or near the Coach Park entrance at the end of the bridge, outside the Regent Centre away from the interchange, Argyle Street outside Park Lane Interchange. To throw some places near the bus stations.

Most land is private land, in that it is owned by someone. Whether that be a private individual, a business, a Council, or a public body. A piece of land can be private and a public place - and there's no legislation to prevent photography in such place.

This has come up before over the years, but to recap: Section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972, to my knowledge, best defines a public place: "Public place” includes any highway and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise". So your example of a bus station, whilst being private land, is quite clearly a public place during the hours in which it's open. The Nexus supervisor, as an agent of the landowner, can civilly ask you to leave, but they can't do much more beyond that. Application of reasonable force in a civil matter is so much of a grey area, that I doubt they'd bother going down that route.

I should also add that to date, Nexus have never produced signage to prohibit photography. Their policy on their website is an ask, not a requirement. The specific wording in their policy is important: "Any person found taking photographs or filming on Nexus premises will be challenged by one of our team if that have concerns about safety or security. Nexus employees can use their judgement should they need to stop any filming or photography that could impact others safety and security. Please kindly comply with their requests."

In other words, they can ask, and they kindly ask you to adhere to the ask. None of this is qualified legal advice, but my personal opinion is that they'd have real difficulty enforcing that beyond being a civil trespass matter. Common sense would say stick to safe areas and don't put yourself or others at risk.