Leech v Secretary of State for Scotland: SCS 1991

The rule which allowed the prisons to read correspondence between an inmate and his legal adviser if legal proceedings had not yet been commenced was upheld as valid.

Citations:

1991 SLT 910

Statutes:

Prison (Scotland) Rules 1952 (SI 1952/565) 74(4)

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

CitedCampbell v The United Kingdom ECHR 25-Mar-1992
The applicant complained about the compatibility with the European Convention of the Prisons rule 74(4) which provided that ‘every letter to or from a prisoner shall be read by the Governor . . and it shall be within the discretion of the Governor . .
CitedWatkins v Home Office and others HL 29-Mar-2006
The claimant complained of misfeasance in public office by the prisons for having opened and read protected correspondence whilst he was in prison. The respondent argued that he had suffered no loss. The judge had found that bad faith was . .
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Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.190128