McGowan v Scottish Water: EAT 23 Sep 2004

A court or tribunal may properly admit relevant evidence even where it has been gathered in breach of an Article 8 right to ‘privacy’ where to do so is adjudged to be necessary in order to secure a ‘fair’ hearing as required by both the common law and Article 6 of the convention.

Judges:

The Honourable Lord Johnston

Citations:

EATS/0007/04, [2004] UKEAT 0007 – 04 – 2309

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

CitedAmwell View School v Dogherty EAT 15-Sep-2006
amwell_dogherty
The claimant had secretly recorded the disciplinary hearings and also the deliberations of the disciplinary panel after their retirement. The tribunal had at a case management hearing admitted the recordings as evidence, and the defendant appealed, . .
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Employment, Human Rights

Updated: 27 June 2022; Ref: scu.219738