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 of right to impart information (Complaint declared admissible).

Citations:

[1984] ECHR 24, (1985) 7 EHRR CD146, 10038/82

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Human Rights, Contempt of Court

Updated: 12 November 2022; Ref: scu.467050