To establish a breach of Article 3 the Claimant must show he has suffered the ill- treatment he alleges, and that it amounts to a violation of Article 3. The claimant prisoners complained that a lack of in-cell sanitation infringed their human rights, and particularly so when confined to their cells for 13 hours overnight.
Judges:
Hickinbottom J
Citations:
[2011] EWHC 3379 (QB)
Links:
Statutes:
Prison Act 1952, European Convention on Human Rights 3 8
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Janner, Regina (on The Application of) v The Crown Prosecution Service Admn 13-Aug-2015
The claimant challenged the decision that he should face trial on charges of historic sexual abuse. He was now elderly and said to be unfit to attend court or instruct his lawyers, suffering Alzheimers. He sought interim relief against being . .
Applied – Ashton and Others v The Ministry of Justice QBD 16-May-2014
The claimants said that the sanitation arrangements whilst incarcerated at HMP Albany had amounted to degrading treatment, in that the cells had not had in-cell sanitation.
Held: The claims were struck out as a repeat of claims made in the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights, Prisons
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.450161