Factsheet – End of life and the ECHR Citations: [2022] ECHR 315 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.681070
ECJ (Opinion of the full court) Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU – Draft international agreement – Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – Compatibility of the draft agreement with the EU and FEU TreatiesHeld: ‘The agreement on the accession of the European … Continue reading Accession of The European Union to the European Convention for The Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: ECJ 18 Dec 2014
ECJ (View Of Advocate General Kokott) Conclusion of international agreements by the European Union – Accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) – Preservation of the specific characteristics of the European Union and EU law – Maintaining the competences of the European Union … Continue reading Accession Of The European Union To The European Convention For The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms: ECJ 13 Jun 2014
Citations: 36942/05, [2010] ECHR 993 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 November 2022; Ref: scu.418530
The Appellant has presented a claim in the Employment Tribunal in which she alleges that she was dismissed by the Respondent and that the dismissal amounted to sex discrimination and/or victimisation on the ground that she had done a protected act, contrary to the Equality Act 2010. She appeals against the Employment Tribunal’s refusal to … Continue reading Steer v Stormsure Ltd (Sex Discrimination, Human Rights): EAT 21 Dec 2020
Exemption from IHT for gifts to political parties – section 24 Inheritance Tax Act 1984 – whether breach of European Convention on Human Rights – whether breach of European Union law Citations: [2018] UKFTT 617 (TC), [2019] SFTD 304, [2019] STI 214 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Inheritance Tax, Human Rights Updated: 24 October … Continue reading Banks v Revenue and Customs (Inheritance Tax : Human Rights): FTTTx 15 Oct 2018
Applications were made, challenging the refusal of the Secretary of State for Health, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to institute a system where a child born by artificial insemination could make enquiries as to his or her parenthood. Held: The knowledge of facts about one’s biological parenthood was part of the right to … Continue reading Regina (Rose and Another) v Secretary of State for Health and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Admn 26 Jul 2002
Citations: HELSINKI COMMITTEE v Romania – 2959/11, [2011] ECHR 2066 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 01 October 2022; Ref: scu.449902
UTIAC 1) Whilst section 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its associated case law requires United Kingdom tribunals in general to give effect to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, including that Court’s guidance on how to approach evidence in international protection cases, the weighing of evidence and the drawing … Continue reading AMM and Others (Conflict; Humanitarian Crisis; Returnees; FGM) Somalia CG: UTIAC 28 Nov 2011
Citations: 67300/01, [2009] ECHR 2155 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 August 2022; Ref: scu.392792
Judges: Morgan LCJ, Girvan LJ and Coghlin LJ Citations: [2013] NICA 37 Links: Bailii Statutes: Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, European Convention on Human Rights 8 14 Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland Adoption, Discrimination, Human Rights Updated: 07 August 2022; Ref: scu.513865
Citations: 62540/00, [2007] ECHR 533 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Cited by: Cited – Marper v United Kingdom; S v United Kingdom ECHR 4-Dec-2008 (Grand Chamber) The applicants complained that on being arrested on suspicion of offences, samples of their DNA had been taken, but then despite being released … Continue reading The Association For European Integration And Human Rights And Ekimdzhiev v Bulgaria: ECHR 28 Jun 2007
ECJ An Austrian businessman who had moved to Germany complained that storing data relating to him in a central register of foreign nationals discriminated against him as there was no such database for German nationals. Advocate General Poiares Maduro pointed out that: ‘The concept of necessity has a long history in Community law and is … Continue reading Huber v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (European Citizenship): ECJ 3 Apr 2008
(Northern Ireland) Children had been taken to school in the face of vehement protests from Loyalists. The parents complained that the police had failed to protect them properly, since the behaviour was so bad as to amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, and that the police had given undue weight to the right to demonstrate. … Continue reading Re E (A Child); E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and others intervening): HL 12 Nov 2008
The child had been born to parents who married and later divorced in Romania. The mother brought him to England without the father’s consent, and now appealed an order for his return. Held: The mother’s appeal succeeded. The Convention required an order to be made for the return of a child only where the parent … Continue reading In re D (A Child), (Abduction: Rights of Custody): HL 16 Nov 2006
In each case fathers not married to the mother of the child, but with parental responsibility sought to have the child immunised. The mothers opposed the treatment saying they believed it unsafe. Held: The children should be immunised. Article 8.2 permitted interference with family life for health reasons. Mothers and fathers had equal rights before … Continue reading In re C (a Child) (Immunisation: Parental Rights); In re F (a Child) (Immunisation: Parental rights): FD 13 Jun 2003
A scheme had been introduced to arrange pre-entry clearance for visitors to the United Kingdom by posting of immigration officers in the Czech Republic. The claimants argued that the system was discriminatory, because Roma visitors were now subjected to a much more rigorous examination than others, and also that the arrangement put the respondent in … Continue reading European Roma Rights Centre and others v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and Another: CA 20 May 2003
The court was asked: ‘(1) Do rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (ECHR) survive the making of an adoption order? (2) Did the coming into force in April 2014 of s. 51A Adoption and Children Act 2002 (ACA 2002), which allows the court to make a … Continue reading Seddon v Oldham MBC (Adoption : Human Rights): FD 14 Sep 2015
The mother had been given leave by the Recorder to remove a ten month old girl permanently from the jurisdiction to the United States in circumstances where the mother`s job prospects were better in New York than in England. The father, (in person) raised the question of a breach of his right under Article 8(1). … Continue reading In re A (permission to remove child from jurisdiction: human rights): CA 2000
ECJ Opinion – Articles 18, 20 and 21 TFEU – Fundamental rights as general principles of European Union law – Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – European citizenship – Unemployment benefits – Child with the nationality of a Member State – Right of residence of parents who are … Continue reading Ruiz Zambrano (European Citizenship): ECJ 30 Sep 2010
ECHR Judgment : Prohibition of torture : Fifth Section Committee Citations: 70579/12, [2020] ECHR 698 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.655848
Bill of Rights 1689 – Constitution – Parliament – Parliamentary Privilege – Separation of Powers – Immunity – Jurisdiction of Court – Human Rights – Public Authority – Child Abuse – Inquiry Report – Motion for an Unopposed Return – ECHR Art 8 – ECHR Art 6 – Damages – St Helena and Ascension Island … Continue reading Warsama and Another v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Others (Bill of Rights 1689 – Constitution – Parliament – Separation of Powers – Child Abuse): QBD 15 Jun 2018
ECHR Judgment : Article 11 – Freedom of assembly and association : Third Section Committee Citations: 18490/09, [2022] ECHR 165 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.672079
Judges: Cobb J Citations: [2017] EWFC 11, [2017] WLR(D) 117, [2017] 1 Costs LR 201 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 6 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Family, Human Rights, Costs Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.582018
FTTTx INCOME TAX – self-assessment – barrister – move from cash to true and fair basis – overpayment tax year between two underpayment tax years – tax paid twice on same profits – application of European Convention on Human Rights and Human Rights Act 1998 – held Section 29 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 … Continue reading Fessal v Revenue and Customs (Income Tax/Corporation Tax : Human Rights): FTTTx 26 Apr 2016
44685/09 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (First Section Committee)) French Text, [2016] ECHR 351 Bailii European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 January 2022; Ref: scu.561636
ECHR Judgment : Article 10 – Freedom of expression-{general} Article 11 – Freedom of assembly and association : Third Section 12385/15, [2021] ECHR 1028 Bailii European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 January 2022; Ref: scu.670447
A prisoner sought an order for his removal from a prison found to have a regime which breached his human rights. The Crown replied that an order could not be made under s21 of the 1947 Act. Held: The prisoner had followed through his rights to petition the governor. Had he done so and failed, … Continue reading Reclaiming Motion In Petition of Scott Davidson for Judicial Review of A Decision To Continue To Detain the Prisoner In Inhuman and Degrading Prison C: SCS 18 Dec 2001
ECHR Article 34 Locus standi Standing of non-governmental organisation to lodge an application on behalf of deceased mentally-ill detainee Article 2 Article 2-1 Effective investigation Failure to conduct effective investigation into the death of mentally-ill detainee: violation Facts – The application was lodged by an NGO named the Association for the Defence of Human Rights … Continue reading Association For The Defence Of Human Rights In Romania-Helsinki Committee on behalf of Ionel Garcea v Romania: ECHR 24 Mar 2015
2959/11 – Chamber Judgment, [2015] ECHR 309 Bailii European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 29 December 2021; Ref: scu.545035
ECHR Judgment : Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 – Protection of property : Fifth Section 74288/14, [2021] ECHR 823 Bailii European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 04 December 2021; Ref: scu.668680
Each applicant sought an interim order against the Scottish Minister with respect to their treatment in prison. It had been found that the conditions in Barlinnie Prison were inhumane. The Crown responded that the court had no jurisdiction to make such an order. Held: McDonald is binding on the court. An interim order could not … Continue reading Petition of Andrew Scott and Scott Davidson for Judicial Review of A Decision To Continue Their Detention In Inhumane Prison Conditions: SCS 26 Oct 2001
Article 10-1 Freedom to receive information Refusal to allow a non-governmental organisation access to intelligence information despite a binding decision directing disclosure: violation Facts – The applicant was a non-governmental organisation which monitored the implementation of transitional laws with a view to ensuring respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. In October … Continue reading Youth Initiative For Human Rights v Serbia: ECHR 25 Jun 2013
The father applied to the court to have the media excluded from the hearing into the residence and contact claims relating to his daughter. Held: It was for the party seeking such an order to justify it. In deciding whether or not to exclude the press in the welfare or privacy interests of a party … Continue reading Child X (Residence and Contact- Rights of Media Attendance) (Rev 2): FD 14 Jul 2009
The deceased soldier died of heat exhaustion whilst on active service in Iraq. It was said that he was owed a duty under human rights laws, and that any coroner’s inquest should be a fuller one to satisfy the state’s duty under Article 2. Held: The SSD’s appeal succeeded. ‘jurisdiction’ within the meaning of Article … Continue reading Smith, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Defence and Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening): SC 30 Jun 2010
Extension oh Human Rights Beyond Borders The appellants complained that the system set up by the respondent where Home Office officers were placed in Prague airport to pre-vet applicants for asylum from Romania were dsicriminatory in that substantially more gypsies were refused entry than others, and that it was contrary to the obligations of the … Continue reading Regina v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and another, ex parte European Roma Rights Centre and others: HL 9 Dec 2004
ECJ (Opinion) Air transport – Directive 2002/30/EC – Definition of ‘operating restrictions’ – Noise limits at source which must be observed when overflying built-up areas near an airport – Possibility of adopting national rules based on noise levels measured on the ground – Relationship with Directive 2002/49/EC – Convention on International Civil Aviation – Fundamental … Continue reading European Air Transport v College d’Environnement de la Region de Bruxelles-Capitale: ECJ 17 Feb 2011
UTIAC (1) Trafficking, as defined in Article 3(a) of the Palermo Protocol of 2000, falls within the ambit of Article 4 of the ECHR (prohibition of slavery and forced labour), as held in Rantsev v Cyprus and . .
The Commission challenged the compatibility of the NI law relating to banning nearly all abortions with Human Rights Law. It now challenged a decision that it did not have standing to bring the case.
Held: (Lady Hale, Lord Kerr and Lord Wilson . .
The Court concludes that in Northern Ireland:
(i) There is no general right to abortion whether under the common law or under statute.
(ii) The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’) has legal standing under the . .
Appeal by the Attorney General and Department of Justice against an Order declaring that sections 58 and 59 of the 1861 Act and section 25 of the 1945 Act were incompatible with Article 8 of ECHR insofar as it is an offence:
(i) to procure a . .
Mr Watson requested from the Scottish Ministers the legal advice they had obtained concerning the compatibility of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (the 2003 Act) with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The . .
The court was asked to decide (i) whether the package of care provided to BS was in his best interests; (ii) whether that package amounted to a deprivation of liberty within the terms of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights 1950; and . .
The Court was asked: ‘Does a decision by a public prosecutor to bring criminal proceedings against a person fall potentially within the scope of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in circumstances where a) the prosecutor has . .
This appeal concerns the effect of the European Convention on Human Rights (the ‘Convention’) on decisions to deport foreign nationals who lawfully settled in the UK as children and were subsequently convicted of serious criminal offences. . .
UTTC INCOME TAX – PENALTY – assessment based on suppressed takings of restaurant business – negligent return – standard of proof in penalty proceedings – Article 6, European Convention on Human Rights – whether . .
VALUE ADDED TAX – procedure – personal liability notice – FA 2007, Sch 24, para 19 – application of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights – appellant’s application for a stay – whether HMRC’s decision to proceed by way of civil . .
Practice and procedure – rule 50(1) schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 The respondents made an application under rule 50(1) schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (‘the ET Rules’) to prohibit the disclosure of information relating to specified matters on the … Continue reading Millicom Service UK Ltd and Others v Clifford: EAT 11 May 2022
(Admissibility – Commission) The claimant, a United States national, said that the proceedings for his extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States infringed article 6(3)(d), because he was not permitted to cross-examine the witnesses against him in the United Kingdom. Held: Although ‘the tasks of the Magistrates’ Court included the assessment of whether … Continue reading Kirkwood v The United Kingdom: ECHR 12 Mar 1984
Judges: Sedley, Longmore, Maurice Kay LJJ Citations: [2009] EWCA Civ 620, [2009] INLR 514, [2010] Imm AR 132, C5/2008/1706, C5/2009/0251 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 2 3, Directive 2004/83/EC Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Examined – Elgafaji and Elgafaji v Staatssecretaris van Justitie ECJ 17-Feb-2009 Europa (Grand Chamber) Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum … Continue reading QD and AH (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 24 Jun 2009
Appeal against refusal of permission for change of use. The permission sought was for a change of use to a residential gypsy caravan site for two Romany gypsies. The issue was whether an Article 8 right could be established in respect of a prospective home. Citations: [2009] EWCA Civ 809, [2009] 31 EG 72, [2010] … Continue reading Rafferty and Another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another: CA 29 Jul 2009
(Grand Chamber) The applicant had lived with his family in a slum bordering on a municipal house-hold refuse tip. A methane explosion at the tip resulted in a landslide which engulfed the applicant’s house, killing his close relatives. The applicant claimed that the local authorities were responsible for the accident at the tip and for … Continue reading Oneryildiz v Turkey: ECHR 18 Jun 2002
The prisoner was subject to an extended sentence, and had been recalled to prison. He now complained that the recall procedure had infringed his human rights. Judges: Ward, Keene LJJ, Munby J Citations: [2003] EWCA Civ 1845, [2004] 2 WLR 1170, [2004] HRLR 15 Links: Bailii Statutes: Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000& 85, … Continue reading Secretary of State for the Home Department v Sim and The Parole Board: CA 19 Dec 2003
Hudoc The applicants challenged a retrospective change in employment law under article 6(1). Held: The court stated that while in principle the legislature is not precluded in civil matters from adopting new retrospective provisions to regulate rights arising under existing laws, the principle of the rule of law and the notion of fair trial enshrined … Continue reading Zielinski v France: ECHR 28 Oct 1999
The defendants appealed against convictions for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They said that the fact that an investigation followed a false allegation was insufficient to found a complaint, and that the extent of the crime was so unclear as to infringe the human right to a fair trial. Held: The appeal failed. … Continue reading Regina v Cotter and Others: CACD 10 May 2002
(From High Court of Justiciary (Scotland)) The defendant had been convicted of drug trafficking. He complained that the following confiscation order had infringed his human rights being based an assumption of guilt and which was incompatible with his article 6 rights. The first question was whether he remained a person ‘charged with a criminal offence’. … Continue reading Her Majesty’s Advocate and Another v Mcintosh: PC 5 Feb 2001
(High Court of Ireland) The defendant’s son claimed that he sought to succeed to a tenancy on his mother’s death. The council rejected the claim and served him with proceedings under Section 62 of the Housing Act 1966 to recover possession. The district judge had found that save for a period when he resided with … Continue reading Dublin City Council v Gallagher: 11 Nov 2008
Judges: Holman J Citations: [2007] EWHC 1028 (Admin), (2007) 10 CCL Rep 464, [2007] 1 WLR 2239 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 5, Mental Health Act 1983 75(1) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Human Rights, Health Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.252401
Test for need for police protection The court considered the duties of the police to protect the applicants. Held: The search for a phrase which encapsulates a threshold of risk which engages article 2 is a search for a chimera. The degree of risk described as ‘real and immediate’ in Osman . . as used … Continue reading Regina v Chief Constable of Norfolk, ex parte DF: Admn 2002
Hudoc The Court was faced with a disciplinary sanction imposed on doctors which resulted in their suspension for periods between 6 weeks and 3 months: ‘Unlike certain other disciplinary sanctions that might have been imposed on the applicants (warning, censure and reprimand . .), the suspension of which they complained undoubtedly constituted a direct and … Continue reading Le Compte, Van Leuven And De Meyere v Belgium: ECHR 23 Jun 1981
(Grand Chamber) The court had to decide whether tax proceedings brought by the state against an individual involved the determination of a civil right within the meaning of article 6(1). It was argued by the Government that the existence of an individual’s tax obligation to pay tax belonged exclusively to the realm of public law … Continue reading Ferrazzini v Italy: ECHR 12 Jul 2001
The Secretary of State had appointed inspectors to investigate and report on a company takeover. In their report, which was published, the inspectors made findings which were critical of and damaging to the applicants, who relied on the civil limb of article 6(1) to complain that they had been denied effective access to the courts … Continue reading Fayed v United Kingdom: ECHR 6 Oct 1994
The deceased was found suspended by a sheet in her prison cell. The jury found accidental death, not being satisfied that she was not issuing a cry for help. The family appealed saying that the jury had not been directed that they could provide a narrative verdict to explain further their conclusions. Held: The jury … Continue reading P, Regina (On the Application of) v HM Coroner for the District Of Avon: Admn 5 Mar 2009
The applicants were Christian Pakistanis. Their asylum claims having failed, they feared that if returned to Pakistan, they would be persecuted, and asked for their article 9 rights, saying that the flagrant denial test should not be applied, as this would fail to respect the primacy of the applicants’ religious rights. Held: The argument was … Continue reading Z and T v United Kingdom: ECHR 28 Feb 2006
The defendant resisted extradition for a fraud prosecution brought 11 years after the relevant events which occurred in 1995. He had come to England in 2000, and the first he heard of the accusation was when he was arrested in September 2006. It was not suggested that he had deliberately fled the prosecution. Held: The … Continue reading Lisowski v Regional Court of Bialystok (Poland): Admn 28 Nov 2006
S and G lived together in a same-sex relationship. They owned the house they lived in and another as tenants in common. G owned other properties which provided the couple with an income. The will of G did not leave S in a position to complete development of the properties, and he applied for reasonable … Continue reading Saunders v Garrett: 2005
These appeals concern the role of siblings in the procedures by which children’s hearings in Scotland make compulsory supervision orders (‘CSOs’). The principal issue concerns the procedures required to make sure that public authorities comply with the obligation in article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) to show respect for the private … Continue reading ABC v Principal Reporter and Another (Scotland): SC 18 Jun 2020
ECHR Article 8Positive obligationsArticle 8-1Respect for family lifeRespect for private lifeLack of adequate legal protection in a case concerning a mother’s committal to a psychiatric institution and the placement of her children in care: violationsFacts – The applicant was assisted by the social services from 1996 onwards, having been classified as a disabled person unfit … Continue reading B v Romania (No 2): ECHR 19 Feb 2013
ECHR Article 9-1Manifest religion or beliefConfiscation of cassette player used by prisoner to listen to religious tapes: inadmissibleFacts – The applicant, who was of Baptist confession, was serving a lengthy prison sentence. After reacting to the confiscation of a small radio-cassette player he had received after obtaining good results on a ‘Christian moral education’ programme, … Continue reading Austrianu v Romania: ECHR 12 Feb 2013
ECHR Article 14DiscriminationFailure to enforce a judgment acknowledging gender discrimination against a working mother: violationFacts – In February 2003, relying on the labour regulations, the applicant asked her employer for a reduction in her working hours as she had custody of her son, who was under the six-year age-limit. When her employer refused, she brought … Continue reading Garcia Mateos v Spain: ECHR 19 Feb 2013
ECHR Article 10-1Freedom to impart informationFreedom to receive informationConviction and order to pay damages for operating website allowing third parties to share files in breach of copyright: inadmissibleFacts – During 2005 and 2006 the two applicants were involved in different aspects of one of the world’s largest file sharing services on the Internet, the website … Continue reading Neij And Sunde Kolmisoppi v Sweden: ECHR 19 Feb 2013
FTTTx INCOME TAX – Taxpayer a British national resident in the Republic of Ireland – taxed in the UK on a civil service pension by virtue of Article 18 UK/Irish Double Taxation Convention – taxpayer’s wife an Irish national taxed on UK local authority pension in Ireland – taxpayer taxed less favourably in the UK … Continue reading Percival v Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 18 Apr 2013
The court made a declaration that the claimant has suffered a breach of his rights under Article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights by his continuing in detention beyond the expiry of the minimum term, without reasonable steps having been taken to assess whether his continued detention was justified. Citations: [2007] EWHC 2647 … Continue reading Ashman, Regina (on the Application of) v Parole Board and Another: Admn 30 Oct 2007
A member of Parliament was able to proceed with an action for defamation in respect of matters of which he had been criticised by the appropriate committee in Parliament. The trial would not impeach Parliament though retrying the issues. Lord Woolf MR said: ‘the vice to which Article 9 is directed (so far as the … Continue reading Hamilton v Al Fayed: CA 26 Mar 1999
Hudoc No violation of Art. 11; No violation of Art. 6-1; No violation of Art. 13; No violation of P1-1The right to freedom of association under article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights includes the right not to join or to withdraw from an association. Citations: 15573/89, [1996] ECHR 20, [1998] ECHR 67, … Continue reading Gustafsson v Sweden: ECHR 25 Apr 1996
Citations: [2022] NIQB 42 Links: Bailii Statutes: Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 6(1), European Convention on Human Rights 8 Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland Human Rights, Damages Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.683448
ECHR Article 10-1 Freedom to impart information Freedom to receive information Award of costs against journalists for destroying evidence in order to protect their sources: inadmissible Facts – The first applicant was a correspondent on and the second applicant the editor of the Irish Times. In 2006 the newspaper published an article containing references to … Continue reading Keena And Kennedy v Ireland (Dec): ECHR 30 Sep 2014
The applicant had had his premises searched. He sought to challenge the basis on which search warrant had been granted. He argued that under the Convention, it was necessary for the magistrates to provide a written record of the reasons for granting the warrant. Held: Where the information laid was itself sufficient to account for … Continue reading Cronin, Regina (on The Application of) v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Another: Admn 20 Nov 2002
(Commission) The claimant had been refused employment within the Central Office of Information. He had been accepted subject to clearance, but that failed. He objected that he had been given no opportunity to object to the material oin which his rejection had been based. Held: The complaints were manifestly unfounded. As to Article 8: ‘In … Continue reading Esbester v United Kingdom: ECHR 2 Apr 1993
The claimant sought damages, saying that he had been unlawfully detained when found unfit to plead in 1997. Held: The claim failed. (a) The 1964 Act, and its Scottish equivalent, did not authorise anything that was arbitrary. (b) It followed that Parliament did not, by the 1986 Order, pass subordinate legislation which authorised arbitrary detention … Continue reading Juncal, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others: Admn 19 Dec 2007
The prisoner as a buddhist was entitled to have in his cell an incense burner. He was accused of having a sharpened object. It was in the shape of a lotus leaf. No evidence was brought that the claimant had sharpened the object. Held: The claimant was entitled to relief. The priosn officer could not … Continue reading Shreeve, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Admn 26 Oct 2007
The applicants were prisoners who sought judicial review of the use made by the Parole Board of its powers to review their sentences, saying that the Parole Board was not sufficiently independent of the government to guarantee their human rights. Held: The applications succeeded, and the court gave a declaration that the applicants’ rights under … Continue reading Brooke and others v The Parole Board: Admn 7 Sep 2007
Mr Leander had been refused employment at a museum located on a naval base, having been assessed as a security risk on the basis of information stored on a register maintained by State security services that had not been disclosed him. Mr Leander complained that he should have been provided with the information in question, … Continue reading Leander v Sweden: ECHR 26 Mar 1987
Appeal in which the issue centres around the concept of proportionality in applying Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the ECHR’), particularly where there has been significant delay on the part of the Secretary of State in dealing with an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom. Citations: [2007] EWCA … Continue reading FK (Democratic Republic of Congo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 14 Dec 2007
Article 3 Degrading treatment Handcuffing of patient on her way to a psychiatric hospital: violation Facts – The applicant underwent cancer surgery and chemotherapy in April 2009. In October 2009 her husband called for medical assistance as she was suffering from anxiety and distress. On the advice of medical practitioners the applicant was transferred to … Continue reading Ilievska v The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: ECHR 7 May 2015
The applicant complained of a violation of Article 4-2 of the Convention, taken alone and together with Article 14 of the Convention. Judges: Isabelle Berro, P Citations: 51637/12 – Chamber Judgment, [2015] ECHR 529 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 4-2 14 Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.547594
The applicants alleged that their deportation to Iraq would involve a violation of Article 3 of the Convention. Judges: Mark Villiger, P Citations: 59166/12 – Chamber Judgment, [2015] ECHR 528 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights &3 Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights, Immigration Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.547595
Whether extradition to allow prosecution for theft of 80 pounds in 2003 was proportionate. Judges: Mr Justice Julian Knowles Citations: [2022] EWHC 2913 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: ECHR European Convention on Human Rights 8 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Extradition, Human Rights Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.683566
The claimant barrister complained of the manner of conduct of the disciplinary proceedings brought against her. She had been cleared of any breach of the Bar Code of Conduct, but her claim was then ruled out of time under section 7(5)(a), time having begun on the initial ruling against her. Held: The appeal succeeded. The … Continue reading O’Connor v Bar Standards Board: SC 6 Dec 2017
The appellant said that the Board had infringed her human rights in its approach to disciplinary proceedings brought against her. She had been cleared and now sought a remedy. The Board successfully argued that her claims were out of time. Held: the limitation period under section 7(5)(a) had started to run when the Disciplinary Tribunal … Continue reading O’Connor v Bar Standards Board: CA 25 Jul 2016
Appeal against an order of Deputy Master Eyre by which he struck out the appellant’s statements of case and dismissed the action with judgment for the defendant with costs. The claimant said that the procedures adopted by the Board in disciplinary proceedings had (inter alia) infringed her human rights. She had eventually been cleared of … Continue reading O’Connor v Bar Standards Board: QBD 18 Dec 2014
The serving prisoner said that new general restrictions on smoking in public buildings applied also in prisons. were a breach of his human rights. The only spaces where prisoners were allowed now to smoke were their cells, and he would share cells with smokers, suffering second hand inhalation. He suffered health problems. Judges: Singh J … Continue reading Black, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Justice: Admn 5 Mar 2015
The deceased had committed suicide in his prison cell. Prison officers were charged with manslaughter by gross neglect, but they were discharged. The applicant sought now to challenge the refusal of the coroner to allow to be called to give evidence a psychiatrist who had provided a report to the family’s solicitors. The coroner felt … Continue reading Warren, Regina (on the Application of) v Her Majesty’s Assistant Coroner for Northamptonshire: Admn 29 Apr 2008
The applicant had been detained after a diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder and convictions for rape. He had applied for discharge, but before the hearing the doctor had said he no longer opposed his release. After the hearing but before being released the detention was re-instated, and the patient again complained at proposals to treat … Continue reading B, Regina (on the Application Of) v SS (Responsible Medical Officer) and others: CA 26 Jan 2006
The defendants had published remarks on its website about the reliability of the claimant. When sued in defamation, they pleaded fair comment, but that was rejected by the Court of Appeal. Held: The defendants’ appeal succeeded, and the fair comment defence was re-instated. The phrase ‘honest comment’ should now be used to reflect the nature … Continue reading Spiller and Another v Joseph and Others: SC 1 Dec 2010
The defendant sought to defend the claim for defamation by claiming fair comment. The claimant said that the relevant facts were not known to the defendant at the time of the publication. Held: To claim facts in aid of a defence of fair comment, it would make no sense if those facts were not known … Continue reading Lowe v Associated Newspapers Ltd: QBD 28 Feb 2006
The claimant bank said that it had been induced to create very substantial lending facilities by fraudulent misrepresentation by the defendants. They now appealed against findings that England was not clearly or distinctly the appropriate forum for resolution of VTB’s tort claims, and nor that there was a proper basis for piercing the corporate veil. … Continue reading VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp and Others: SC 6 Feb 2013
The applicants’ young child had been suspected of being the victim of physical abuse. After court proceedings the child was removed. In later proceedings and after being placed with an aunt, she was diagnosed as having brittle bone disease. In the meantime, the mother had suffered ostracism in her community. The court had found her … Continue reading RK and AK v The United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Oct 2005
The defendant appealed against interim costs orders made in the claim against it for defamation. Held: The general power of cost capping measures available to courts were available also in defamation proceedings. The claimant was being represented under a conditional fee agreement. The court considered that the amount of costs being incurred served to act … Continue reading King v Telegraph Group Ltd: CA 18 May 2004
Questions as to the proper interpretation of para 317(i) of the Immigration Rules (‘the Rules’) and the application of articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the Convention’) to that paragraph Citations: [2008] EWCA Civ 102, [2008] Imm AR 490, [2008] INLR 590 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration, Human … Continue reading MB (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer: CA 20 Feb 2008
