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Coventry and Others v Lawrence and Another: SC 22 Jul 2015

The appellants challenged the compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights of the system for recovery of costs in civil litigation in England and Wales following the passing of the Access to Justice Act 1999. The parties had been involved in very substantial litigation over an alleged nuisance. The claimants’ lawyers had acted under … Continue reading Coventry and Others v Lawrence and Another: SC 22 Jul 2015

Morrissey v McNicholas and Another: QBD 26 Oct 2011

The claimant musician alleged defamation, saying that the defendant had accused him of being a right wing racist. The defendant now applied to strike out the claim as an abuse of process because of the claimant’s delay. Held: The application to strike out the claim failed. The reasons for delay were credible. The allegation was … Continue reading Morrissey v McNicholas and Another: QBD 26 Oct 2011

Akalin v Turkey: ECHR 23 Nov 2010

Citations: 23480/06, [2010] ECHR 1824 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 25 September 2022; Ref: scu.426781

RD v Poland: ECHR 18 Dec 2001

Citations: 29692/96, [2001] ECHR 859, 34612/97, [2001] ECHR 868 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 23 September 2022; Ref: scu.263080

Kocak v Turkey: ECHR 3 May 2007

Citations: 32581/96, [2007] ECHR 348 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 22 September 2022; Ref: scu.251717

Ajzert v Hungary: ECHR 7 Nov 2006

Citations: 18328/03, [2006] ECHR 934 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 22 September 2022; Ref: scu.246624

Turkan v Turkey: ECHR 18 Sep 2008

Citations: 33086/04, [2008] ECHR 857 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 22 September 2022; Ref: scu.276634

McDaid And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Oct 2000

Citations: 34988/97, [2000] ECHR 465, 34822/97, 34957/97 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: See Also – McDaid v United Kingdom ECHR 1996 (Commission) Decision on admissibility. Residents of Derry applied alleging inter alia that there had been a breach of the procedural obligation under article 2 to hold a … Continue reading McDaid And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Oct 2000

Abaci v Turkey: ECHR 7 Oct 2008

Citations: 33431/02, [2008] ECHR 1023 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 22 September 2022; Ref: scu.276861

NS v Secretary of State For The Home Department: ECJ 22 Sep 2011

ECJ Opinion – (Principles Of Community Law) Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 – Transfer of asylum seekers to the Member State responsible for examining the asylum application – Obligation on the transferring Member State to exercise the right to assume responsibility for the examination itself under Article 3(2) of Regulation No 343/2003 – Compatibility of the … Continue reading NS v Secretary of State For The Home Department: ECJ 22 Sep 2011

Nikitin v Russia: ECHR 9 Oct 2008

The claimant complained of delay since 2001 of the investigation of his allegations of violence by the police after his arrest. Citations: 36410/02, [2008] ECHR 1034 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 20 September 2022; Ref: scu.276891

Lexa v Slovakia: ECHR 23 Sep 2008

Citations: 54334/00, [2008] ECHR 886, [2011] ECHR 2190 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.276605

Balen v Croatia: ECHR 25 Oct 2007

Citations: 43429/05, [2007] ECHR 876 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.260147

Piscopo v Italie: ECHR 21 Nov 2000

Citations: 44357/98, [2000] ECHR 625, [2000] ECHR 634 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.212087

Guber v Russia: ECHR 23 Oct 2008

Citations: 34171/04, [2008] ECHR 1162 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.277473

Pardus v Poland: ECHR 9 Sep 2008

Citations: 13401/03, [2008] ECHR 902 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.276595

Rusu v Austria: ECHR 2 Oct 2008

The applicant had been detained for expulsion. She complained that she had not been given the reason for her detention and that it had been unlawful. Citations: 34082/02, [2008] ECHR 959 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.276649

Erki Brandt v Sweden: ECHR 16 Sep 2008

Citations: 3458/06, [2008] ECHR 1009, [2009] ECHR 835 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.276724

Regina v SK: CACD 8 Jul 2011

The defendant appealed against her conviction for trafficking a complainant into the United Kingdom for the purposes of exploitation, contrary to section 4 of the 2004 Act. Held: The appeal succeeded, and a retrial ordered. The court identified a hierarchy of denial of personal autonomy encapsulated in the concept of trafficking in Article 4 of … Continue reading Regina v SK: CACD 8 Jul 2011

Itslayev v Russia: ECHR 9 Oct 2008

Citations: 34631/02, [2008] ECHR 1033 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 15 September 2022; Ref: scu.276880

Suslin v Russia: ECHR 23 Oct 2008

Citations: 34938/04, [2008] ECHR 1171 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 14 September 2022; Ref: scu.277515

Lucas v France: ECHR 28 Nov 2000

Citations: 37257/97, [2000] ECHR 634, [2000] ECHR 643 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 September 2022; Ref: scu.212095

Zironi v Italie: ECHR 9 Nov 2000

Citations: 37079/97, [2000] ECHR 566, [2000] ECHR 568 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 13 September 2022; Ref: scu.212034

Sergey Tronin v Russia: ECHR 11 Sep 2008

Citations: 24461/02, [2008] ECHR 998, [2010] ECHR 346 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 12 September 2022; Ref: scu.276742

F v United Kingdom: ECHR 22 Jun 2004

An Iranian citizen claimed asylum saying that he feared persecution as a homosexual. When his application was rejected, he claimed that there would be a breach of article 8 if he were to be removed to Iran because a law in that country prohibited adult consensual homosexual activity. Held: The application was declared inadmissible. The … Continue reading F v United Kingdom: ECHR 22 Jun 2004

Lakota v Slovenia: ECHR 7 Dec 2006

Citations: 33488/02, [2006] ECHR 1041 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 11 September 2022; Ref: scu.246909

Borak v Turkey: ECHR 5 Dec 2006

Citations: 60132/00, [2006] ECHR 1022, [2007] ECHR 347 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 11 September 2022; Ref: scu.246894

AA, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 10 Jul 2013

The issue on this appeal is the effect of section 55 on the legality of the appellant’s detention under paragraph 16 over a period of 13 days. At the time of the detention the Secretary of State acted in the mistaken but reasonable belief that he was aged over 18. It is now an agreed … Continue reading AA, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 10 Jul 2013

Becciu v Moldova: ECHR 13 Nov 2007

Citations: 32347/04, [2007] ECHR 918 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 10 September 2022; Ref: scu.261267

Garycki v Poland: ECHR 6 Feb 2007

Citations: 14348/02, [2007] ECHR 112 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 09 September 2022; Ref: scu.248430

Sturnham, Regina (on The Application of) v Parole Board, Secretary of State for Justice: Admn 14 Mar 2011

S was serving a term of life imprisonment. After serving the tariff, his detention should have been reviewed. After several serious delays, and a decision that he should instead be transferred to open conditions, he brought proceedings for judicial review challenging the lawfulness of the decision taken by the Parole Board following a hearing, and … Continue reading Sturnham, Regina (on The Application of) v Parole Board, Secretary of State for Justice: Admn 14 Mar 2011

Sabeh El Leil v France: ECHR 1 Jul 2015

Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Citations: 34869/05, [2015] ECHR 643 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: Cited – Sabeh El Leil v France ECHR 29-Jun-2011 Grand Chamber – The applicant alleged that he had been deprived of his right of access to a … Continue reading Sabeh El Leil v France: ECHR 1 Jul 2015

Benkharbouche and Another v Embassy of The Republic of Sudan: CA 5 Feb 2015

The claimant had been an employee of a foreign diplomatic mission. He said that he was not debarred by the 1978 Act from bringing claims for unfair dismissal and breach of working time regulations, saying that any exemption would infringe his human rights. Held: (i) where there is a breach of a right afforded under … Continue reading Benkharbouche and Another v Embassy of The Republic of Sudan: CA 5 Feb 2015

Nistas Gmbh v Moldova: ECHR 12 Dec 2006

Citations: 30303/03, [2006] ECHR 1065, [2007] ECHR 343 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.248157

VS v Ukraine: ECHR 30 Nov 2006

Citations: 13400/02, [2006] ECHR 1005 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.246891

Dolasinski v Poland: ECHR 19 Dec 2006

Citations: 6334/02, [2006] ECHR 1114, [2006] ECHR 1120 Links: Bailii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.248131

Jalloh v Germany: ECHR 11 Jul 2006

The applicant, after arrest, had been forced to regurgitate a bag of cocaine, there was a complaint that article 3 had been violated as well as article 6. Held: Even evidence which may properly be described as ‘independent of the will of the suspect’ which has been obtained by inhuman or degrading treatment may constitute … Continue reading Jalloh v Germany: ECHR 11 Jul 2006

Z. v Poland: ECHR 20 Apr 2010

Citations: 34694/06, [2010] ECHR 608 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 06 September 2022; Ref: scu.415158

Redka v Ukraine: ECHR 21 Jun 2007

Citations: 17788/02, [2007] ECHR 513 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 06 September 2022; Ref: scu.253634

Vatan v Russia: ECHR 7 Oct 2004

ECHR Judgment (Preliminary Objections) – Preliminary objection allowed (lack of victim status) – inadmissible.‘The Court recalls that the term ‘victim’ used in Art. 34 denotes the person directly affected by the act or omission which is at issue. It further recalls that accepting an application from a ‘person’ indirectly affected by the alleged violation will … Continue reading Vatan v Russia: ECHR 7 Oct 2004

Hobbs, Richard, Walsh And Geen v United Kingdom: ECHR 14 Nov 2006

Two widowers complained that the widows bereavement tax allowance given only to women after the death of a husband was discriminatory. Held: Whilst article 14 did not prevent different treatment in order to correct factual inequalities between the sexes, it would be discriminatory if, as here, there was no objective and reasonable justification. The original … Continue reading Hobbs, Richard, Walsh And Geen v United Kingdom: ECHR 14 Nov 2006

Fusca v Romania: ECHR 13 Jul 2010

Citations: 34630/07, [2010] ECHR 1111 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 04 September 2022; Ref: scu.420738

McElhinney v Ireland; Al-Adsani v United Kingdom; Fogarty v United Kingdom: ECHR 21 Nov 2001

Grand Chamber – The first applicant said he had been injured by a shot fired by a British soldier who had been carried for two miles into the Republic of Ireland, clinging to the applicant’s vehicle following an incident at a checkpoint. Held: Rules granting the State immunities, did not infringe the applicants’ right to … Continue reading McElhinney v Ireland; Al-Adsani v United Kingdom; Fogarty v United Kingdom: ECHR 21 Nov 2001

Allen v The United Kingdom: ECHR 2 May 2006

Statement of facts Citations: 18837/06, [2006] ECHR 1165 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Cited by: Statement of facts – Allen v The United Kingdom ECHR 30-Mar-2010 The applicant said that the fact that she had not been allowed to attend a bail hearing in person had infringed her article … Continue reading Allen v The United Kingdom: ECHR 2 May 2006

Mutayeva v Russia: ECHR 22 Apr 2010

Citations: 43418/06, [2010] ECHR 629 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 31 August 2022; Ref: scu.415142