A person charged with a criminal offence who does not wish to defend himself in person, must be able to have recourse to legal assistance of his own choosing.
8398/78, 1983 A 64, [1983] ECHR 6
Worldlii, Bailii
Human Rights
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Cited – Regina v Carroll and Al-Hasan and Secretary of State for Home Department Admn 16-Feb-2001
The claimants challenged the instruction that they must squat whilst undergoing a strip search in prison. A dog search had given cause to supect the presence of explosives in the wing, and the officers understood that such explosives might be hidden . .
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Updated: 21 August 2021; Ref: scu.164915
