The manner of the application of article 6 to proceedings before courts of appeal depends on the special circumstances of the proceedings involved. Account must be taken of the entirety of the proceedings in the domestic legal order and of the role that the appellate court was performing in those proceedings: ‘Provided a public hearing has been held at first instance, the absence of such hearing before a second or third instance may accordingly be justified by the special features of the proceedings at issue.’
[1991] ECHR 43, 12631/87
Worldlii, Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights 6
Human Rights
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Cited – Dudson, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department HL 28-Jul-2005
The defendant had committed a murder when aged 16, and after conviction sentenced to be detailed during Her Majesty’s Pleasure. His tarriff had been set at 18 years, reduced to 16 years after review.
Held: ‘What is at issue is the general . .
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Updated: 28 August 2021; Ref: scu.165123
