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Regina v Gemmell: CACD 17 Jul 2002

Dyson LJ said: ‘The position is quite clear. So far as Article 6 is concerned, the fairness of the provisions of the substantive law of the Contracting States is not a matter for investigation. The content and interpretation of domestic substantive law is not engaged by Article 6.’

Judges:

Dyson LJ

Citations:

[2002] EWCA Crim 1992, [2003] 1 Cr App R 343

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 6

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

AppliedRegina v G (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) HL 18-Jun-2008
The defendant was fifteen. He was convicted of statutory rape of a 13 year old girl, believing her to be 15. He appealed saying that as an offence of strict liability he had been denied a right to a fair trial, and also that the offence charged was . .
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Crime, Human Rights

Updated: 04 November 2022; Ref: scu.270007

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