(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, a lifer, argued that prison disciplinary actions were effectively criminal proceedings, and that the procedures failed to satisfy his rights to a fair trial under the Act. Held: Disciplinary proceedings were not criminal proceedings. They were discontinuous with the proceedings which led to the imprisonment, and though they might have an effect on … Continue reading Matthewson v The Scottish Ministers: OHCS 10 Jun 2001
The appellant convicted of a racially-aggravated vicious murder. Since conviction he had spent almost five years in segregation from other prisoners. The appellant now alleged that some very substantial periods of segregation had been in breach of the prison rules and of his Human Rights. Time limits for authorisation had not been complied with. Held: … Continue reading Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland): SC 14 Oct 2015
The appellant was serving a long term of imprsonment, and now complained that he had been held in segregation for over 4 years, saying that this was ahgainst the Prison Rules and against his human rights. Held: The Extra Division refused the appeal from a rejection of the claim. Lord Drummond Young [2014] ScotCS CSIH … Continue reading Shahid v The Scottish Ministers: SCS 31 Jan 2014
