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QD and AH (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 24 Jun 2009

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

Regina v The Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Another ex parte Rajendrakumar: CA 11 Oct 1995

The three Tamil applicants had left the area of Sri Lanka controlled by the Tamil Tigers and gone to live in Colombo. It was asserted that in Colombo they had a well-founded fear of persecution because they were young male Tamils and were therefore subject to security round-ups of such people which occurred when the … Continue reading Regina v The Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Another ex parte Rajendrakumar: CA 11 Oct 1995

Mk v Hungary: ECHR 9 Jun 2020

ECHR Judgment : Right to liberty and security : Fourth Section Committee ECHR Judgment : Right to liberty and security : Fourth Section Committee Citations: 46783/14, [2020] ECHR 417, [2020] ECHR 434 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.651329

Eon v France (Note): ECHR 14 Mar 2013

ECHR – Information Note Citations: 26118/10, [2013] ECHR 1346 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.682589

Samsonov v Russia: ECHR 9 Jun 2020

ECHR Judgment : Freedom of expression-{general} : Third Section Committee ECHR Judgment : Freedom of expression-{general} : Third Section Committee Citations: 38427/11, [2020] ECHR 414, [2020] ECHR 431 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.651337

Kiss Menczel v Hungary: ECHR 9 Jun 2020

ECHR Judgment : Right to a fair trial : Fourth Section Committee ECHR Judgment : Right to a fair trial : Fourth Section Committee Citations: 61675/14, [2020] ECHR 416, [2020] ECHR 433 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.651324

Garcia Mateos v Spain: ECHR 19 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

Hamilton v Al Fayed: CA 26 Mar 1999

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

Mraovic v Croatia: ECHR 14 May 2020

ECHR Judgment : No Right to a fair trial : First Section ECHR Judgment : Struck out of the list : Grand Chamber Citations: 30373/13, [2020] ECHR 323, [2021] ECHR 294 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 04 December 2022; Ref: scu.651028

Dragan Petrovic v Serbia: ECHR 14 Apr 2020

ECHR Judgment : Respect for private life : Insufficient foreseeability and safeguards of domestic law governing the taking of DNA samples : Fourth Section Citations: 75229/10, [2020] ECHR 286 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 04 December 2022; Ref: scu.650980

Keena And Kennedy v Ireland (Dec): ECHR 30 Sep 2014

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

Leander v Sweden: ECHR 26 Mar 1987

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

SJ v Belgium (Striking Out): ECHR 19 Mar 2015

ECHR Grand Chamber Article 37 Article 37-1 Striking out applications Application concerning absence of suspensive effect of application for judicial review of deportation order or of refusal of leave to remain: struck out following friendly settlement Article 13 Effective remedy Absence of suspensive effect of application to Aliens Appeals Board for judicial review of deportation … Continue reading SJ v Belgium (Striking Out): ECHR 19 Mar 2015

O’Connor v Bar Standards Board: QBD 18 Dec 2014

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

Revenue and Customs, Regina (on The Application of) v HM Coroner for The City of Liverpool: Admn 21 May 2014

The Coroner, conducting an investigation into a person’s death, issued notices under para 1(2) of Schedule 5 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, requiring the Revenue and Customs Commissioners to provide occupational information concerning the deceased for the purpose of investigating whether he had died as a result of an industrial disease. The Commissioner … Continue reading Revenue and Customs, Regina (on The Application of) v HM Coroner for The City of Liverpool: Admn 21 May 2014

N, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Health: CA 24 Jul 2009

A challenge was made to the ban on smoking at a secure hospital. Judges: Lord Clarke MR, Keene, Moses LJJ Citations: [2009] EWCA Civ 795, [2010] PTSR 674, [2009] HRLR 31 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention ofHuman Rights 8 14 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Black, Regina (on The Application of) v … Continue reading N, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Health: CA 24 Jul 2009

MBT, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department (Restricted Leave; ILR; Disability Discrimination): UTIAC 13 Dec 2019

(i) A decision of the Secretary of State not to grant indefinite leave to remain to a person subject to the restricted leave policy (‘the RL policy’) does not normally engage Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, Article 8 may be engaged by a decision to refuse to grant indefinite leave … Continue reading MBT, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department (Restricted Leave; ILR; Disability Discrimination): UTIAC 13 Dec 2019

Sheldrake v Director of Public Prosecutions; Attorney General’s Reference No 4 of 2002: HL 14 Oct 2004

Appeals were brought complaining as to the apparent reversal of the burden of proof in road traffic cases and in cases under the Terrorism Acts. Was a legal or an evidential burden placed on a defendant? Held: Lord Bingham of Cornhill said: ‘The overriding concern is that a trial should be fair, and the presumption … Continue reading Sheldrake v Director of Public Prosecutions; Attorney General’s Reference No 4 of 2002: HL 14 Oct 2004

ABC v Shulmans Llp: ComC 25 Sep 2019

The Claimant seeks damages from the Defendant for alleged professional negligence in the conduct of certain legal proceedings commenced in 2014 and 2015. These proceedings, comprising a claim in the Employment Tribunal, a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 and a further claim for damages in the High Court, were for the … Continue reading ABC v Shulmans Llp: ComC 25 Sep 2019

Liberty (The National Council of Civil Liberties) v The Government Communications Headquarters and Others: IPT 5 Dec 2014

The Claimants’ complaints alleged the unlawfulness pursuant to Article 8 (and collaterally Article 10) of the European Convention of Human Rightsof certain assumed activities of the Security Service (also, and colloquially, known as MI5), the Secret Intelligence Service (and similarly also known as MI6) and the Government Communications Headquarters. Judges: Burton J P Citations: [2014] … Continue reading Liberty (The National Council of Civil Liberties) v The Government Communications Headquarters and Others: IPT 5 Dec 2014

Weber and Saravia v Germany: ECHR 29 Jun 2006

(Admissibility) ‘The first applicant is a freelance journalist who works for various German and foreign newspapers, radio and television stations on a regular basis. In particular, she investigates matters that are subject to the surveillance of the Federal Intelligence Service, notably armaments, preparations for war, drug and arms trafficking and money laundering. In order to … Continue reading Weber and Saravia v Germany: ECHR 29 Jun 2006

Reynolds TD v Times Newspapers Ltd; Ruddock and Witherow: CA 8 Jul 1998

The claimant, the former Taoiseach of Ireland sought damages after the defendant newspaper published an article falsely accusing him of duplicity. The paper said that his position meant that they should have the defence of quaified privilege available. Held: Qualified privilege defence applied in defamation proceedings reporting acts of public officials where there appeared a … Continue reading Reynolds TD v Times Newspapers Ltd; Ruddock and Witherow: CA 8 Jul 1998

Oleksandr Volkov v Ukraine: ECHR 9 Jan 2013

ECHR Article 6Civil proceedingsArticle 6-1Impartial tribunalIndependent tribunalStructural defects of the system of judicial discipline: violationFair hearingAbsence of limitation period for imposing disciplinary penalty on judges and abuse of electronic vote system in Parliament when adopting decision on judge’s dismissal: violationsTribunal established by lawComposition of chamber examining applicant’s case defined by a judge whose term of … Continue reading Oleksandr Volkov v Ukraine: ECHR 9 Jan 2013

Ayliffe And Others v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Feb 2009

The applicants were all either employees of or volunteers for Greenpeace. They were charged with a number of offences relating to the boarding of a cargo ship. They were acquitted but the trial judge refused to award the applicants their costs in the criminal proceedings. They complained that the refusal to award them their costs … Continue reading Ayliffe And Others v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Feb 2009

Wynne v United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Jul 1994

A Discretionary lifer is not entitled to a review by a court of his continued detention. His article five rights were not breached. Where a national court imposed a fixed sentence of imprisonment, the supervision required by article 5.4 was incorporated into that judgment. The court held that the mandatory life sentence belonged to a … Continue reading Wynne v United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Jul 1994

X And Others v Austria: ECHR 19 Feb 2013

Grand Chamber – The applicants alleged that they had been discriminated against in comparison with different-sex couples, as second-parent adoption was legally impossible for a same-sex couple. Held: An applicant is entitled to the reimbursement of costs and expenses in so far as it has been shown that these have been actually and necessarily incurred … Continue reading X And Others v Austria: ECHR 19 Feb 2013

Steer v Stormsure Ltd (Sex Discrimination, Human Rights): EAT 21 Dec 2020

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

Horvath And Kiss v Hungary: ECHR 29 Jan 2013

ECHR The case concerned the complaints of two young men of Roma origin that their education in schools for the mentally disabled had been the result of misplacement and had amounted to discrimination. Violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 (right to education) read in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination)The Court underlined … Continue reading Horvath And Kiss v Hungary: ECHR 29 Jan 2013

Enea v Italy: ECHR 17 Sep 2009

(Grand Chamber) The applicant, a prisoner serving a long sentence for Mafia-type criminal offences, was subjected to a special regime by ministerial decrees. The restrictions included not only very limited family visits but also a long period (seemingly about three years) in a special form of high-security unit which involved separation from prisoners in other … Continue reading Enea v Italy: ECHR 17 Sep 2009

V, Regina (on The Application of) v Commissioner of Police for The City of London: Admn 14 Nov 2012

The claimant complains about the police’s continued retention of information relating to him on the Police National Computer, retention which is said to be in breach of his rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Judges: Richards LJ, Ouseley J Citations: [2012] EWHC 3430 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales … Continue reading V, Regina (on The Application of) v Commissioner of Police for The City of London: Admn 14 Nov 2012

Harman v United Kingdom: ECHR 11 May 1984

ECHR Article 7 of the Convention: Allegedly unforeseeable conviction for the contempt of court (Complaint declared admissible). Articles 10 and 14 of the Convention : Official documents produced in the course of discovery proceedings: solicitor found guilty of contempt of court notwithstanding that the documents had been read out in open court. Question of violation … Continue reading Harman v United Kingdom: ECHR 11 May 1984

Koch v Germany: ECHR 19 Jul 2012

Article 8-1 Respect for private life Refusal by the German courts to examine the merits of an application by a man whose wife had just committed suicide in Switzerland after having attempted unsuccessfully to obtain authorisation to purchase a lethal substance in Germany: violation Facts – In 2004 the applicant’s wife, who was suffering from … Continue reading Koch v Germany: ECHR 19 Jul 2012

Regina v P and others: HL 19 Dec 2000

Where communications had been intercepted in a foreign country, and the manner of such interceptions had been lawful in that country, the evidence produced was admissible in evidence in a trial in England. An admission of such evidence was not an infringement of the rights to a fair trial, nor of the right to respect … Continue reading Regina v P and others: HL 19 Dec 2000

Brewster, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Nov 2012

The applicant challenged the decision of the respondent Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (‘NILGOSC’) made on 1 July 2011, by which it declined to pay a survivor’s pension to the applicant following the death of her co-habiting partner. She argued that the absolute requirement of nomination imposed on unmarried partners as a condition … Continue reading Brewster, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Nov 2012

Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012

The trust was created in 1948, and provided gifts over, which had now failed. The court considered the construction of the term ‘stautory next of kin’. The possible beneficiaries claimed through being adopted, arguing that at the date of the last beneficary’s death, all impediments to inheritance by adopted children had been removed by statute. … Continue reading Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012

Camelot Group plc v Centaur Communications Limited: CA 23 Oct 1997

An order for a journalist to disclose the name of an employee disclosing his employer’s information, may be made where there was a need to identify a disloyal employee. Here drafts of accounts had been released to embarrass the company. The documents involved were stolen, and a return of them would enable identification of the … Continue reading Camelot Group plc v Centaur Communications Limited: CA 23 Oct 1997

BB, Regina (on The Application of) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and Another: CA 19 Nov 2012

The Secretary of State wished to deport the applicant on the basis of his suspected involvement in acts of terrorism. An order for his deportation had been revoked by the respondent, but he had remained on very stringent bail conditions, since 2007. Held: The case failed on the article 6 issue because (i) the decision … Continue reading BB, Regina (on The Application of) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and Another: CA 19 Nov 2012

Stefanetti And Others v Italy: ECHR 15 Apr 2014

Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 Peaceful enjoyment of possessions Loss of two-thirds of old-age pension as a result of introduction of legislation effectively deciding outcome of pending litigation against the State: violation Article 6 Civil proceedings Article 6-1 Fair hearing Introduction of legislation effectively deciding outcome … Continue reading Stefanetti And Others v Italy: ECHR 15 Apr 2014