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Oleksandr Volkov v Ukraine: ECHR 9 Jan 2013

ECHR Article 6Civil proceedingsArticle 6-1Impartial tribunalIndependent tribunalStructural defects of the system of judicial discipline: violationFair hearingAbsence of limitation period for imposing disciplinary penalty on judges and abuse of electronic vote system in Parliament when adopting decision on judge’s dismissal: violationsTribunal established by lawComposition of chamber examining applicant’s case defined by a judge whose term of … Continue reading Oleksandr Volkov v Ukraine: ECHR 9 Jan 2013

Ayliffe And Others v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Feb 2009

The applicants were all either employees of or volunteers for Greenpeace. They were charged with a number of offences relating to the boarding of a cargo ship. They were acquitted but the trial judge refused to award the applicants their costs in the criminal proceedings. They complained that the refusal to award them their costs … Continue reading Ayliffe And Others v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Feb 2009

Wynne v United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Jul 1994

A Discretionary lifer is not entitled to a review by a court of his continued detention. His article five rights were not breached. Where a national court imposed a fixed sentence of imprisonment, the supervision required by article 5.4 was incorporated into that judgment. The court held that the mandatory life sentence belonged to a … Continue reading Wynne v United Kingdom: ECHR 18 Jul 1994

X And Others v Austria: ECHR 19 Feb 2013

Grand Chamber – The applicants alleged that they had been discriminated against in comparison with different-sex couples, as second-parent adoption was legally impossible for a same-sex couple. Held: An applicant is entitled to the reimbursement of costs and expenses in so far as it has been shown that these have been actually and necessarily incurred … Continue reading X And Others v Austria: ECHR 19 Feb 2013

Steer v Stormsure Ltd (Sex Discrimination, Human Rights): EAT 21 Dec 2020

The Appellant has presented a claim in the Employment Tribunal in which she alleges that she was dismissed by the Respondent and that the dismissal amounted to sex discrimination and/or victimisation on the ground that she had done a protected act, contrary to the Equality Act 2010. She appeals against the Employment Tribunal’s refusal to … Continue reading Steer v Stormsure Ltd (Sex Discrimination, Human Rights): EAT 21 Dec 2020

Hill v Governing Body of Great Tey Primary School: EAT 29 Jan 2013

EAT UNFAIR DISMISSAL/POLKEY DEDUCTION/HUMAN RIGHTSA school mid-day dinner assistant told a child’s parents that the child had been tied to a railing in the playground and whipped across the legs by other pupils. She was suspended, She complained to the press about the suspension and in doing so confirmed what she had told the parents. … Continue reading Hill v Governing Body of Great Tey Primary School: EAT 29 Jan 2013

Horvath And Kiss v Hungary: ECHR 29 Jan 2013

ECHR The case concerned the complaints of two young men of Roma origin that their education in schools for the mentally disabled had been the result of misplacement and had amounted to discrimination. Violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 (right to education) read in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination)The Court underlined … Continue reading Horvath And Kiss v Hungary: ECHR 29 Jan 2013

Selmouni v France: ECHR 25 Nov 1996

Citations: [1996] ECHR 100, 25803/94 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 3 Cited by: Cited – Selmouni v France ECHR 28-Jul-1999 Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Preliminary objection rejected (non-exhaustion); Violation of Art. 3; Violation of Art. 6-1; Non-pecuniary damage – financial award; Costs and expenses award – . .Cited – Selmouni … Continue reading Selmouni v France: ECHR 25 Nov 1996

Selmouni v France: ECHR 3 Dec 2009

Execution of judgment Citations: [2009] ECHR 2250, 25803/94, [2009] ECHR 2250 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 3 Citing: Cited – Selmouni v France ECHR 25-Nov-1996 . . Judgment – Selmouni v France ECHR 28-Jul-1999 Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Preliminary objection rejected (non-exhaustion); Violation of Art. 3; Violation of Art. … Continue reading Selmouni v France: ECHR 3 Dec 2009

Giuseppina And Orestina Procaccini v Italy: ECHR 29 Mar 2006

The complainants said that the damages awarded for the delay in hearing their civil case were derisory. Judges: L Wildhaber, P Citations: [2006] ECHR 274 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Citing: Cited – Giuseppina And Orestina Procaccini v Italy ECHR 10-Nov-2004 ECHR (French Text) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) – Preliminary … Continue reading Giuseppina And Orestina Procaccini v Italy: ECHR 29 Mar 2006

Enea v Italy: ECHR 17 Sep 2009

(Grand Chamber) The applicant, a prisoner serving a long sentence for Mafia-type criminal offences, was subjected to a special regime by ministerial decrees. The restrictions included not only very limited family visits but also a long period (seemingly about three years) in a special form of high-security unit which involved separation from prisoners in other … Continue reading Enea v Italy: ECHR 17 Sep 2009

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 … Continue reading Harman v United Kingdom: ECHR 11 May 1984

Koch v Germany: ECHR 19 Jul 2012

Article 8-1 Respect for private life Refusal by the German courts to examine the merits of an application by a man whose wife had just committed suicide in Switzerland after having attempted unsuccessfully to obtain authorisation to purchase a lethal substance in Germany: violation Facts – In 2004 the applicant’s wife, who was suffering from … Continue reading Koch v Germany: ECHR 19 Jul 2012

Regina v P and others: HL 19 Dec 2000

Where communications had been intercepted in a foreign country, and the manner of such interceptions had been lawful in that country, the evidence produced was admissible in evidence in a trial in England. An admission of such evidence was not an infringement of the rights to a fair trial, nor of the right to respect … Continue reading Regina v P and others: HL 19 Dec 2000

Brewster, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Nov 2012

The applicant challenged the decision of the respondent Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (‘NILGOSC’) made on 1 July 2011, by which it declined to pay a survivor’s pension to the applicant following the death of her co-habiting partner. She argued that the absolute requirement of nomination imposed on unmarried partners as a condition … Continue reading Brewster, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Nov 2012

Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012

The trust was created in 1948, and provided gifts over, which had now failed. The court considered the construction of the term ‘stautory next of kin’. The possible beneficiaries claimed through being adopted, arguing that at the date of the last beneficary’s death, all impediments to inheritance by adopted children had been removed by statute. … Continue reading Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012

Camelot Group plc v Centaur Communications Limited: CA 23 Oct 1997

An order for a journalist to disclose the name of an employee disclosing his employer’s information, may be made where there was a need to identify a disloyal employee. Here drafts of accounts had been released to embarrass the company. The documents involved were stolen, and a return of them would enable identification of the … Continue reading Camelot Group plc v Centaur Communications Limited: CA 23 Oct 1997

BB, Regina (on The Application of) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and Another: CA 19 Nov 2012

The Secretary of State wished to deport the applicant on the basis of his suspected involvement in acts of terrorism. An order for his deportation had been revoked by the respondent, but he had remained on very stringent bail conditions, since 2007. Held: The case failed on the article 6 issue because (i) the decision … Continue reading BB, Regina (on The Application of) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and Another: CA 19 Nov 2012

Corey, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Jul 2012

C had been recalled from parole, and complained that the procedure had been unfair in that it had been almost entirely based upon closed materials. Held: The Commissioners’ decision was indeed based solely or decisively on the closed material. Moreover, the allegations contained in the open material were not sufficiently specific to enable the appellant … Continue reading Corey, Re Judicial Review: QBNI 9 Jul 2012

In re E (Minors) (Residence Orders: Imposition of Conditions): CA 30 Apr 1997

A residence order can not be accompanied by an order as to where a parent with care must live in the UK or with whom. An appeal may well arise in which a disappointed applicant will contend that section 13(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989 imposes a disproportionate restriction on a parent’s right to determine … Continue reading In re E (Minors) (Residence Orders: Imposition of Conditions): CA 30 Apr 1997

Cases Of De Wilde, Ooms And Versyp (‘Vagrancy’) v Belgium (Article 50): ECHR 10 Mar 1972

Citations: 2899/66, [1972] ECHR 1, 2832/66, 2835/66 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Citing: See Also – In re De Wilde, Ooms and Versyp v Belgium (No 1) ECHR 18-Nov-1970 The applicants had been detained under Belgian vagrancy laws. An earlier decision had found that their rights had been infringed because of the … Continue reading Cases Of De Wilde, Ooms And Versyp (‘Vagrancy’) v Belgium (Article 50): ECHR 10 Mar 1972

Smith and Others v The Ministry of Defence: CA 19 Oct 2012

The mother of a soldier claimed after he had died in an attack while serving in Iraq. She asserted that if he had had proper equipment his life would not have been. Held: Claims arising from the deaths of soldiers on active service abroad alleging breach of the right to life in article 2 of … Continue reading Smith and Others v The Ministry of Defence: CA 19 Oct 2012

CN (Burundi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 19 Jun 2007

Increased risk of claimant committing suicide if returned home. Citations: [2007] EWCA Civ 587 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 3 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – McKinnon, Regina (On the Application of) v Secretary Of State for Home Affairs Admn 31-Jul-2009 Assurances for Extradition Extradition of the defendant was sought … Continue reading CN (Burundi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 19 Jun 2007

Regina (SR) v Nottingham Magistrates’ Court: Admn 19 Oct 2001

The applicant SR, aged 15, was remanded in custody to a Youth Offenders Institution pending sentence. Had he been a girl, he could not have been so remanded, since no similar provision was available for them. He complained that the law infringed his human rights. It was accepted that he was properly dealt with under … Continue reading Regina (SR) v Nottingham Magistrates’ Court: Admn 19 Oct 2001