(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
(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
Citations: 34173/96, [1999] ECHR 108, 24846/94, 34165/96, [2011] ECHR 1257 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: See Also – Zielinski v France ECHR 28-Oct-1999 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 … Continue reading Zielinski, Pradal, Gonzalez and Others v France: ECHR 8 Jun 2011
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
(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
(High Court of Ireland) The council had sought possession of its tenant. The agreement contained a clause allowing the council to terminate on four-weeks’ notice. It said the tenant’s son misused drugs. Section 62 of the Housing Act 1966 established a summary procedure allowing a public authority landlord a warrant for possession without any defence … Continue reading Donegan v Dublin City Council and Others: 8 May 2008
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
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
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
Citations: 65311/09 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Second Section)), [2016] ECHR 249 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.560998
Citations: 25721/04 (Judgment (Merits) : Court (Fourth Section)), [2016] ECHR 252 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.561001
Citations: 47530/13 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Third Section Committee)) French Text, [2016] ECHR 253 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.560999
Citations: 23304/05 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Third Section Committee)), [2016] ECHR 248 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.560997
Citations: 14895/05 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Second Section)) French Text, [2016] ECHR 250 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.560994
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 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
Fair Coment on Political Activities The defendant newspaper had published articles wrongly accusing the claimant, the former Prime Minister of Ireland of duplicity. The paper now appealed, saying that it should have had available to it a defence of qualified privilege because of the claimant’s status as a politician. Held: The appeal failed (Lords Hope … Continue reading Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and others: HL 28 Oct 1999
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
ECHR Judgment : Violation of Article 6 – Right to a fair trial Article 6 – Enforcement proceedings Article 6-1 – Access to court Citations: 61902/12, [2017] ECHR 520 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.607633
The appellants were widowers whose wives had died at a time when the benefits a widow would have received were denied to widowers. The legislation had since changed but they variously sought compensation for the unpaid sums. Held: The appeal succeeded. By 1995 discrimination as to pensions was no longer supportable. And those appellants pursuing … Continue reading Hooper and Others, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: CA 18 Jun 2003
Whether the imposition of a Notification Order (‘N/O’) under section 97 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (‘SOA 2003’) was disproportionate and breached Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Judges: Lord Justice Haddon-Cave and Mr Justice Holgate Citations: [2020] EWHC 1053 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Criminal Sentencing, Human Rights … Continue reading Halabi, Regina (on The Application of) v The Crown Court At Southwark: Admn 1 May 2020
The applicants wished to challenge the confiscation of their goods by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise on their return to Dover. They appealed the refusal of Legal Aid. Held: The Convention guaranteed the right to legal assistance for someone charged with a criminal offence and who could not afford representation, but these condemnation proceedings … Continue reading Regina (Mudie and Another) v Dover Magistrates’ Court and Another: CA 4 Feb 2003
The appellant was now 18 years old. In July 2010 two newspapers published an image of him. He was at that time barely 14 years old. These photographs had been published by the newspapers at the request of the police. The publication of the appellant’s photographs and those of others who had been involved in … Continue reading JR38, Re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland): SC 1 Jul 2015
The claimant, a famous writer, complained on behalf of her infant son that he had been photographed in a public street with her, and that the photograph had later been published in a national newspaper. She appealed an order striking out her claim on the basis that the child did not have a right of … Continue reading Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd; Murray v Express Newspapers: CA 7 May 2008
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
Citations: 59552/08 – Chamber Judgment (French Text), [2013] ECHR 343 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Cited by: See Also – Rohlena v The Czech Republic ECHR 27-Jan-2015 ECHR Article 7 Article 7-1 Heavier penalty Nullum crimen sine lege Conviction for ‘continuing’ offence comprising acts committed before it was introduced in the Criminal … Continue reading Rohlena v The Czech Republic: ECHR 18 Apr 2013
ECHR Article 10-1Freedom to impart informationCriminal conviction for making public irregular telephone tapping procedures: violationFacts – The first applicant worked in the telephone communications surveillance and recording department of a military unit of the Romanian Intelligence Service (RIS). In the course of his work he came across a number of irregularities. In addition, the telephones … Continue reading Bucur And Toma v Romania: ECHR 8 Jan 2013
ECHR Article 8-1 Respect for family life Authorities’ failure to ensure legal representation of mentally disabled applicant in proceedings divesting her of parental rights and to inform her of adoption proceedings in respect of her son: violation Facts – The first applicant is the mother of the second applicant L., who was born in 2008. … Continue reading AK and L v Croatia: ECHR 8 Jan 2013
A had pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in a public place, while having the charge of a child under the age of 7 years, contrary to section 2(1) of the Licensing Act 1902. The child in question was A’s daughter, to whom I shall refer as B. B was 2 and a … Continue reading A, Regina (on The Application of) v Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court: Admn 26 Mar 2013
ECJ Opinion – Appeal – Actions for annulment – Admissibility – Premature action – Action out of time – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to effective judicial protection – European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Articles 57 and 59 – Substances subject … Continue reading SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency: ECJ 21 Mar 2013
The appellant challenged stays of proceedings by the respondent magistrates court for abuse of process infringing the defendants’ human right to a fair trial. The magistrates had fund that being faced with dismissal of a summary case through delay, the appellant had increased the charges adding allegations of dishonesty which had not been put to … Continue reading Department for Work and Pensions v Courts: Admn 3 May 2006
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
UTIAC 1. In cases to which the new Immigration Rules introduced as from 9 July 2012 by HC 194 apply, judges should proceed by first considering whether a claimant is able to benefit under the applicable provisions of the Immigration Rules designed to address Article 8 claims. Where the claimant does not meet the requirements … Continue reading Izuazu (Article 8 – New Rules) Nigeria: UTIAC 30 Jan 2013
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
ECHR Article 5 Article 5-4 Review of lawfulness of detention Supreme Court decision declaring appeal inadmissible but nevertheless addressing the merits: inadmissible Article 5-1-e Persons of unsound mind Court order for admission to psychiatric hospital for observation owing to concerns about applicant’s mental state: inadmissible Facts – In July 2006 a public prosecutor submitted a … Continue reading SR v The Netherlands (Dec): ECHR 18 Sep 2012
ECHR Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Publication of untrue statements concerning alleged judicial bias: no violation Facts – In May 2005 a certain HP was acquitted in criminal proceedings of the attempted rape of an asylum-seeker. The applicant company published an article which was highly critical of those proceedings, in particular on account of the … Continue reading Falter Zeitschriften Gmbh v Austria (No 2) (2044): ECHR 18 Sep 2012
ECHR Article 35-3 Ratione materiae Complaint relating to implementation of previous European Court judgment and raising no new facts: inadmissible Facts – In a judgment of 21 December 2000,* the Court found that the applicant in the present case had been ill-treated contrary to Article 3, and that there had been a breach of Article … Continue reading Egmez v Cyprus (Dec): ECHR 18 Sep 2012
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
The defendant appealed against an anti-social behaviour order. He had been a journalist, and began a private newsletter and campaign alleging amongst other things corruption in the police. He complained that his article 10 rights had been infringed. Held: The order was quashed. Pitchford LJ said: ‘that separate issues arise out of these blogs. In … Continue reading Perry v Chief Constable of Humberside Police: Admn 18 Oct 2012
UTIAC Prior to the new immigration rules (HC 194) introduced on 9 July 2012, cases involving Article 8 ECHR ordinarily required a two-stage assessment: (1) first to assess whether the decision appealed against was in accordance with the immigration rules; (2) second to assess whether the decision was contrary to the appellant’s Article 8 rights.The … Continue reading MF (Article 8 – New Rules) Nigeria: UTIAC 31 Oct 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
The tenant had resisted the application for possession on the basis that it would amount to a disproportionate interference in his human rights. The council appealed. Held: The appeal succeeded. The judge had erred in considering that the tenant’s arguments did not, on the facts, reach the threshold of a seriously arguable Article 8 defence. … Continue reading Thurrock Borough Council v West: CA 8 Nov 2012
(1) It has long been a requirement, found in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’), for the government of a signatory state to dispel any doubts regarding a person’s claim to be at real risk of Article 3 harm, if that person adduces evidence capable of proving that there are … Continue reading HKK (Article 3: Burden/Standard of Proof): UTIAC 22 Oct 2018
The applicant alleged that the Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss her appeal and uphold the judgment making a possession order constituted an unjustified breach of her right to respect for her home and her family life and discriminated against her, in violation of Article 8 taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14. Held: … Continue reading Buckland v The United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Sep 2012
The defendant had been refused bail. He had a previous conviction for rape, and now faced another charge. The custody time limit had also now expired. He complained that the removal of the statutory presumption in favour of bail infringed his rights. Held: Under s25, a defendant in this category should be granted bail only … Continue reading Regina (O) v Harrow Crown Court: Admn 16 Apr 2003
The appellate sought judicial review to challenge an order for his return to Albania. He said that he would be subject to persecution from communist sympathizers, and his life was at risk for a blood feud. Adjudicators had variously accepted and rejected both claims, but concluded that he could avail himself of internal flight. He … Continue reading Hari Dhima v Immigration Appeal Tribunal: Admn 8 Feb 2002
The applicant SR, aged 15, was remanded in custody to a Youth Offenders Institution pending sentence. Had he been a girl, he could not have been so remanded, since no similar provision was available for them. He complained that the law infringed his human rights. It was accepted that he was properly dealt with under … Continue reading Regina (SR) v Nottingham Magistrates’ Court: Admn 19 Oct 2001
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Citations: [2011] ECHR 1290 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: See Also – Scoppola v Italy (No 2) ECHR 17-Sep-2009 (Grand Chamber) The applicant murdered his wife on 2 September 1999; the offence was punishable by life imprisonment. … Continue reading Scoppola v Italy (No 2): ECHR 8 Jun 2011
(Decision as to admissibility) Judges: Caflisch P Citations: [2002] ECHR 859, 72032/01 Links: Bailii Cited by: Cited – HH v Deputy Prosecutor of The Italian Republic, Genoa SC 20-Jun-2012 In each case the defendant sought to resist European Extradition Warrants saying that an order would be a disporportionate interference in their human right to family … Continue reading Aronica v Germany: ECHR 18 Apr 2002
FTTTx Income Tax – Penalties – Suppressed takings from Restaurant business reflected in concealed director’s remuneration – Negligent submission of incorrect Tax Returns – Abatement of penalty. Citations: [2012] UKFTT 183 (TC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: See Also – Revenue and Customs v Khawaja ChD 17-Jul-2008 The court considered the standard of … Continue reading Khawaja v Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 8 Mar 2012
The applicant’s daughter had been convicted of a petty assault, and she had herself been made subject of a twelve month parenting order. She appealed. Held: Parenting orders are proper within a democratic society, and do not infringe a parent’s right to respect for family life. Nevertheless, no responsible bench could have made such an … Continue reading Regina (M) v Inner London Crown Court: Admn 10 Feb 2003
The complainants were companies fined for late delivery of their accounts. They said that the automatic imposition of the fines infringed their rights. Held: The procedure allowed a challenge in the County Court, and also the manner of the exercise of the registrar’s discretion allowed application for judicial review in appropriate circumstances. The procedure did … Continue reading Regina (POW Trust and Al’s Bar and Restaurant Limited) v The Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies, The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Admn 18 Dec 2002
Citations: 42792/02, [2011] ECHR 2140, [2011] ECHR 2181 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.460687
UTIAC A. Law etc:(i) The Tribunal continues to regard as correct the summary of legal principles governing Article 15(c) of the Refugee Qualification Directive as set out in HM and others (Article 15(c)) Iraq CG [2010] UKUT 331 (IAC) and more recently in AMM and Others (conflict; humanitarian crisis; returnees; FGM) Somalia CG [2011] UKUT … Continue reading AK (Article 15(C)) Afghanistan CG: UTIAC 18 May 2012
Even where ‘jurisdictional organs of professional associations’ are set up: ‘Nonetheless, in such circumstances the Convention calls at least for one of the two following systems: either the jurisdictional organs themselves comply with the requirements of article 6(1), or they do not so comply but are subject to subsequent control by a judicial body which … Continue reading Le Compte, Van Leuven And De Meyere v Belgium: ECHR 18 Oct 1982
The applicant sought to have his application for a residence order heard in open court: ‘Article 6 (1) provides for the public hearing and the public pronouncement of judgment of cases, but with the proviso of exclusion of the press and the public from all or part of the trial ‘in the interest of morals, … Continue reading P-B (a Minor) (child cases: hearings in open court): CA 20 Jun 1996
The claimant’s son had died of hyperthermia whilst serving in the army in Iraq. The parties requested a new inquisition after the coroner had rules that human rights law did not apply to servicemen serving outside Europe. Reports had been prepared but were not disclosed to the coroner until the last day of the inquest … Continue reading Smith v The Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire: Admn 11 Apr 2008
Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Citations: [2011] ECHR 1644, 35968/97 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: See Also – Van Kuck v Germany ECHR 12-Jun-2003 Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 6-1 ; Violation of Art. 8 ; No separate issue under Art. 14 ; Non-pecuniary … Continue reading Van Kuck v Germany: ECHR 8 Aug 2011
It was sought to extradite the defendant to face trial for two alleged murders. He now challenged the order for his extradition saying that his treatment in Missouri would amount to inhuman or degrading punishment in that if convicted he would face life imprisonment without the chance for parole. Held: The abolition of the death … Continue reading Wellington Regina, (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: HL 10 Dec 2008
(Plenary Court) The applicant was held in prison in the UK, pending extradition to the US to face allegations of murder, for which he faced the risk of the death sentence, which would be unlawful in the UK. If extradited, a representation would be made to the judge at the time of sentencing that the … Continue reading Soering v The United Kingdom: ECHR 7 Jul 1989
The applicant had been born and registered as a female, but later came to receive treatment and to live as a male. He complained that the respondent had failed to amend his birth certificate. Held: The court accepted that, by failing to confer on a transsexual a right to an amended birth certificate, the state … Continue reading Rees v The United Kingdom: ECHR 17 Oct 1986
The appellant faced a criminal trial. He was granted legal aid for two counsel. He asked for two particular junior counsel, but the certificate required him to instruct leading counsel and a junior. He objected that this deprived him of the right to his chosen counsel. Held: The appeal failed. The purpose of a defendant’s … Continue reading Maguire, Re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland): SC 21 Mar 2018
ECHR Judgment : No Article 6+6-3-c – Right to a fair trial : Grand Chamber The applicant alleged that the decisions of the domestic courts refusing him leave to conduct his own defence in the criminal proceedings against him and requiring that he be represented by a lawyer had violated Article 6 ss 3 (c) … Continue reading Correia De Matos v Portugal: ECHR 4 Apr 2018
Citations: 25703/11 – Chamber Judgment, [2013] ECHR 1205 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Cited by: Cited – Dvorski v Croatia ECHR 20-Oct-2015 Grand Chamber: ‘As the Court has already held in its previous judgments, the right set out in article 6.3(c) of the Convention is one element, among others, … Continue reading Dvorski v Croatia: ECHR 28 Nov 2013
X suffered both severe anorexia and alcoholism. She had in the past been repeatedly and compulsorily admitted to hospital for treatment, but her doctors considered that whilst this might be life extending treatment it had proved ineffective and unethical. They sought a declaration that they may not be obliged to offer the treatment again. The … Continue reading A NHS Foundation Trust v Ms X (By Her Litigation Friend, The Official Solicitor): CoP 8 Oct 2014
The International Court of Justice said that ‘wrongfully to deprive human beings of their freedom and to subject them to physical constraint in conditions of hardship is in itself manifestly incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.’ Citations: General List, No 64 Cited by: Cited – Al-Jedda v Secretary of State … Continue reading Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran: ICJ 24 May 1980
Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Preliminary objection rejected (victim); Preliminary objection rejected (non-exhaustion); Violation of Art. 8; Pecuniary damage – claim rejected; Non-pecuniary damage – finding of violation sufficient; Costs and expenses award – Convention proceedingsThe applicants were an unmarried couple who could not marry, and so legitimate their daughter, the third applicant, because … Continue reading Johnston and Others v Ireland: ECHR 18 Dec 1986
Application for anonymity order – challenge to constitutionality of proposed steps in leaving the EU. Held: Granted for those applying for it.The common law rights of the public and press to know about court proceedings are also protected by article 10 of the ECHR Citations: [2017] EWHC 629 (Admin) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales … Continue reading Yalland and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting The European Union (629): Admn 3 Feb 2017
The court addressed the extent to which the admission of closed material was compatible with the fair hearing requirements of article 5.4, challenging lawfulness of detention, which imported the same rights as article 6.1 in its criminal aspect. The commission had made a declaration on incompatibility. Held: Non-disclosure of evidence could not properly go so … Continue reading A and Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 21 Jan 2008
The applicants complained that as an unmarried couple they had been excluded from consideration as adopters. Held: Northern Ireland legislation had not moved in the same way as it had for other jurisdictions within the UK. The greater commitment to traditional family structures did not however justify the difference. The rules were unlawful discrimination.Lord Hoffmann … Continue reading In re P and Others, (Adoption: Unmarried couple) (Northern Ireland); In re G: HL 18 Jun 2008
ECHR Article 10-1 Freedom to impart information Freedom to receive information Refusal by regional authority to provide copy of its decisions to an association wishing to study the impact of property transfers on agricultural and forest land: violation Facts – The applicant was a registered association whose aims were to research the impact of transfers … Continue reading Osterreichische Vereinigung Zur Erhaltung, v Austria: ECHR 28 Nov 2013
ECHR Article 5-1 Deprivation of liberty Failure to provide the rehabilitative courses to prisoners which were necessary for their release: violation Facts – By virtue of section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, indeterminate sentences for the public protection were introduced. Like sentences of life imprisonment, these required the direction of the Parole Board … Continue reading James, Wells and Lee v The United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Sep 2012
All agricultural and forest land transactions in Austria required approval by local and regional authorities (in the Tyrol, the Tyrol Real Property Transactions Commission), the aim being to preserve land for agriculture and forestry and avoid the proliferation of second homes. The applicatant association was formed to promote sound agricultural and forest property ownership and … Continue reading Osterreichische Vereinigung Zur Erhaltung, Starkung Und Schaffung v Austria: ECHR 28 Nov 2013
The defendant appealed against an order for her extradition to Poland to serve a sentence for possessof drugs imposed in 2006. Since living here she had given birth to a child, and they lived with her father. Held: It would not be disproportionate to order her return. Judges: Collins J Citations: [2012] EWHC 378 (Admin) … Continue reading Gorczowska, Regina (on The Application of) v District Court In Torun Poland: Admn 8 Feb 2012
(Grand Chamber) The applicant sought judicial review of the decision to detain him for a short period while his asylum claim was being subject to fast-track processing. The decision was made pursuant to a policy under which all asylum claimants falling within defined criteria (usually by nationality) were normally detained at Oakington while their claims … Continue reading Saadi v United Kingdom: ECHR 29 Jan 2008
(Grand Chamber) The applicants complained that the presence in all state schoolrooms of a crucifix on the wall infringed the principle of secularism. The routine presence in state school classrooms of a crucifix, which was not used for worship, religious instruction or as an expression of allegiance, was held not to contravene Article 19. Though … Continue reading Lautsi v Italy: ECHR 18 Mar 2011
The applicant had been placed in a locked facility, tied to his bed, given sedative medication and not permitted to communicate with the outside world. He had given no consent, which might have prevented those measures from being a deprivation of liberty within the meaning of article 5 of the Convention: ‘The Court further recalls … Continue reading Shtukaturov v Russia: ECHR 27 Mar 2008
The applicants were the parents and son of a prisoner who died in custody of an HIV related illness. They complained of her treatment in custody. Held: If someone dies in custody an explanation of the cause of death must be provided, including a narrative of medical treatment provided. Also a suspicious death in custody … Continue reading Kats and Others v Ukraine: ECHR 18 Dec 2008
The deceased had been adjudged by his local authority to have deprived himself of his house under the Regulations. Complaint was made that the procedure did not allow an appeal and therefore deprived him of his rights under article 6. Held: The applicant’s human rights were engaged by the decision. When looking at whether judicial … Continue reading The Secretary of State for Health, Dorset County Council v The Personal Representative of Christopher Beeson: CA 18 Dec 2002
A boy now sought an interim injunction to restrain his father, the defendant classical musician, from publishing his autobiography which mentioned him. The book would say that the father had suffered sexual abuse as a child at school. Held: OPO’s claim was an attempt by the mother to stop the father from selling his life … Continue reading OPO v MLA and Another: QBD 18 Jul 2014
The court was asked as to the extent to which the State should retain personal information about citizens, and whether its policies or practices for doing so comply with the human rights of those citizens. It arose in the instant case in a heightened form because the information relates to the sensitive personal data of … Continue reading C, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another: Admn 18 Jul 2014
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
The applicant’s mother, who had Alzheimer’s lived in a nursing home needing constant supervision. She was left alone in a courtyard and disappeared. There had been negligence by staff in leaving her alone. The applicant complained to the prosecutor’s office about the conduct of the staff, but the criminal investigation was discontinued. The prosecutor’s office … Continue reading Dodov v Bulgaria: ECHR 17 Jan 2008
(Outer House Court of Session) The petitioner complaine dthat whilst serving a very long term of imprisonment, he had been held in segregation for almost five years, and that this contravened the Prison Rules and his human rights. Held: The claim was refused. Judges: Lord Malcolm Citations: [2011] ScotCS CSOH – 192, 2012 Rep LR … Continue reading Shahid v Scottish Ministers: SCS 18 Nov 2011
The claimant complained of unreasonable delay by the courts in resolving her divorce proceedings commenced in 1989. Citations: 7060/05, [2008] ECHR 1025 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 25 September 2022; Ref: scu.276898
Four articles in the People all covered the same story about Esther Rantzen’s organisation, Childline, suggesting that the plaintiff had protected a teacher who had revealed to Childline abuses of children occurring at a school where he taught, by keeping secret that he himself was a pervert, unfit to have any child in his care. … Continue reading Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and Others: CA 1 Apr 1993
UTIAC (i) The policy in Chapter 29(4) of the DSP (subsequently replaced by the provisions of SET 12) relating to applications for settlement by adult dependants of former members of HM Forces sets out a true discretion to be exercised outside the Rules by the respondent and cannot reasonably be interpreted as setting out a … Continue reading Pun and Others (Gurkhas – Policy- Article 8) Nepal: UTIAC 27 Sep 2011
ECHR The applicant complained, in particular, of breaches of the guarantee against inhuman and degrading treatment, the excessive length of his pre-trial detention and the impossibility of obtaining judicial review of that detention, unfairness of the trial and lack of independence and impartiality of the trial court, and excessive length of the criminal proceedings against … Continue reading Moiseyev v Russia: ECHR 9 Oct 2008
The claimant alleged defamation by the defendant in an article regarding her expenses claims as an MP. She appealed against summary judgment in favour of the defence in their pleaded defence of honest comment. Held: Laws LJ said: ‘The principle identified in Jameel consists in the need to put a stop to defamation proceedings that … Continue reading Lait v Evening Standard Ltd: CA 28 Jul 2011
The claimant alleged that she had been discrimated against in her work for the appellant, a member of the diplomatic staff at the Saudi Embassy in London. She now appealed against a decision that the respondent had diplomatic immunity. Held: The appeal was allowed: ‘the question whether the exception in article 31(1)(c) would have applied … Continue reading Reyes v Al-Malki and Another: SC 18 Oct 2017
The defendant appealed against her conviction for trafficking a complainant into the United Kingdom for the purposes of exploitation, contrary to section 4 of the 2004 Act. Held: The appeal succeeded, and a retrial ordered. The court identified a hierarchy of denial of personal autonomy encapsulated in the concept of trafficking in Article 4 of … Continue reading Regina v SK: CACD 8 Jul 2011
Citations: 65302/11 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Third Section)), [2016] ECHR 580 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 12 September 2022; Ref: scu.566185
The defendant appealed against her extradition under a European Arrest Warrant, saying that an order would be a disproportionate interference in her, and family’s, human rights to a family life. Citations: [2011] EWHC 1145 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 8, Extradition Act 2003 14 Cited by: Appeal from – HH v … Continue reading HH, Regina (on The Application of) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court: Admn 11 May 2011
ECHR Judgment (Merits) – Violation of Art. 2; Violation of Art. 3. Citations: 13284/04, [2005] ECHR 939 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: Human Rights Cited by: See Also – Bader and Others v Sweden ECHR 15-Sep-2010 Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights . . Lists of cited by and citing cases may … Continue reading Bader and Others v Sweden: ECHR 8 Nov 2005
The applicant had taken part in a small demonstration which, for a short time, obstructed access to a public court building. Held: The court: ‘reiterate[d] at the outset that the right to freedom of assembly covers both private meetings and meetings on public thoroughfares, as well as static meetings and public processions; this right can … Continue reading Kuznetsov v Russia: ECHR 23 Oct 2008
The court was asked as to the compatibility of provisions in the 1978 Act with the human rights of the appellant. The claimants, Moroccan nationals were employed as domestic staff in embassies in London. They alleged both race discrimination and breach of the 1998 Regulations, saying that the statutory exemption of the Embassies from liability … Continue reading Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: SC 18 Oct 2017
The grant of immunity from the jurisdiction of the national court to an international organisation according to a long-standing practice essential for ensuring the proper functioning of these organisations free from unilateral interference by individual governments had a legitimate aim, measured up to the test of proportionality and did not involve a violation of article … Continue reading Waite and Kennedy v Germany: ECHR 18 Feb 1999
The claimant, a homosexual woman, complained that her homosexuality had meant her disqualification from adopting a child. Held: There is no right to foster, but the provision was an unlawful discrimination. The denial of adoption to a woman in a same sex relationship could not be justified.Where the difference in treatment is based on sexual … Continue reading EB v France: ECHR 22 Jan 2008
