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Weber and Saravia v Germany: ECHR 29 Jun 2006

(Admissibility) ‘The first applicant is a freelance journalist who works for various German and foreign newspapers, radio and television stations on a regular basis. In particular, she investigates matters that are subject to the surveillance of the Federal Intelligence Service, notably armaments, preparations for war, drug and arms trafficking and money laundering. In order to … Continue reading Weber and Saravia v Germany: ECHR 29 Jun 2006

Sylvester v Austria: ECHR 15 Sep 2010

Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 8 ; Pecuniary damage – claim rejected ; Non-pecuniary damage – financial award ; Costs and expenses partial award – domestic proceedings ; Costs and expenses partial award – Convention proceedings‘the court reiterates that effective respect for family life requires that future relations between parent and … Continue reading Sylvester v Austria: ECHR 15 Sep 2010

Achour v France: ECHR 29 Mar 2006

Judges: Wildhaber P Citations: [2006] ECHR 268, (2007) 45 EHRR 2, 67335/01 Links: Worldlii, Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: Cited – Achour v France ECHR 10-Nov-2004 ECHR Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) – Violation of Art. 7; Pecuniary damage – claim rejected; Non-pecuniary damage – finding of violation sufficient; … Continue reading Achour v France: ECHR 29 Mar 2006

Stevens v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another: Admn 10 Apr 2013

The court was asked as to important issues as the approach of both planning decision-makers and the court to proportionality in circumstances in which a planning decision engages the right to respect for family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and in particular involves the rights of children. Judges: Hickinbottom … Continue reading Stevens v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another: Admn 10 Apr 2013

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

Legillon v France: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

ECHR Article 6Criminal proceedingsArticle 6-1Criminal chargeFair hearingAssize court judgment containing statement of reasons for jury’s guilty verdict: violation; no violation[This summary also covers the judgment in the case of Agnelet v. France, no. 61198/08, 10 January 2013]Facts – In Agnelet, the applicant was sentenced in 2007 by the Assize Court to twenty years’ imprisonment for … Continue reading Legillon v France: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

Claes v Belgium: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

ECHR Article 3Degrading treatmentStructural problems resulting in prisoner suffering from mental disorders being held for more than fifteen years in prison psychiatric wing with no hope of change or appropriate medical care: violationFacts – In February 1978 a Criminal Court judgment ruled that the applicant, who had raped his underage sisters, was not criminally responsible … Continue reading Claes v Belgium: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

Agnelet v France: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

Article 6Criminal proceedingsArticle 6-1Criminal chargeFair hearingAssize court judgment containing statement of reasons for jury’s guilty verdict: violation; no violation[This summary also covers the judgment in the case of Legillon v. France, no. 53406/10, 10 January 2013]Facts – In Agnelet, the applicant was sentenced in 2007 by the Assize Court to twenty years’ imprisonment for murder. … Continue reading Agnelet v France: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

Ashby Donald And Others v France: ECHR 10 Jan 2013

ECHR Article 10-1Freedom of expressionConviction of photographers for copyright infringement through publication on the Internet of photographs of fashion show: no violationARTICLE 10Freedom of expressionno violationFacts – The applicants are fashion photographers. Accredited by the French designers’ federation Federation francaise de la couture for different fashion publications, they were invited by various fashion houses to … Continue reading Ashby Donald And Others v France: ECHR 10 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

Bayatyan v Armenia: ECHR 10 May 2010

Referral to Grand Chamber Judges: Josep Casadevall, P Citations: 23459/03, [2010] ECHR 1998 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Citing: See Also – Bayatyan v Armenia ECHR 27-Oct-2009 The claimant was a Jehovah’s Witness and accordingly a pacifist. He complained of being obliged to undertake military service. No alternative service was offered. He … Continue reading Bayatyan v Armenia: ECHR 10 May 2010

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

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

Al Nashiri v Poland: ECHR 10 Jul 2012

ECHR Article 3 Torture Alleged complicity in practice of rendition of persons to secret detention sites at which illegal interrogation methods were employed: communicated Effective investigation Alleged failure to acknowledge and investigate details of ill-treatment and enforced disappearance: communicated [This summary also covers the communicated case of Al Nashiri v. Romania, no. 33234/12.] The applicant, … Continue reading Al Nashiri v Poland: ECHR 10 Jul 2012

Gunnerside Estates Limited v Terence Milner, Cynthia Mary Milner (Easements): LRA 18 Aug 2010

LRA An application to cancel a unilateral notice in respect of shooting rights on the basis that such rights interfered with the registered proprietors’ human rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 1 of the First Protocol. Human rights found to have no relevance to the question of cancellation, … Continue reading Gunnerside Estates Limited v Terence Milner, Cynthia Mary Milner (Easements): LRA 18 Aug 2010

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

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

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

Grainger and Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Jul 2012

Citations: 34940/10 – HEDEC, [2012] ECHR 1675 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Cited by: Cited – Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill (Reference By The Counsel General for Wales) SC 9-Feb-2015 The court was asked whether the Bill was within the competence of the Welsh Assembly. The Bill purported … Continue reading Grainger and Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Jul 2012

Yoslun v Turkey: ECHR 10 Feb 2015

The applicant complained in particular of a violation of Articles 6 and 10 of the Convention. Judges: Andras Sajo, P Citations: 2336/05 – Chamber Judgment, [2015] ECHR 149 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 6 10 Jurisdiction: Human Rights Human Rights Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.542462

Ahmad And Aswat v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Jul 2007

(Statement of Facts) To resist an extradition application to America to stand trial on various federal charges, the appellants claimed that if they were extradited there was a real prospect that they would be made subject to a determination by the President that would have the effect that they be detained indefinitely and/or that they … Continue reading Ahmad And Aswat v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Jul 2007

Ahmad and Aswat v United Kingdom: ECHR 6 Jul 2010

It will only be in exceptional circumstances that an applicant’s private or family life in a contracting state will outweigh the legitimate aim pursued by his or her extradition. Recalling that there is no right in the Convention not to be extradited and that, by implication, there is no right to be prosecuted in a … Continue reading Ahmad and Aswat v United Kingdom: ECHR 6 Jul 2010

Pontes v Portugal: ECHR 10 Apr 2012

‘The Court repeats forcefully, in such cases, the interests of the child must come before any other consideration.’ Judges: Tulkens P Citations: 19554/09 (French text), [2012] ECHR 1573 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Cited by: Cited – ANS and Another v ML SC 11-Jul-2012 The mother opposed adoption proceedings, and argued that … Continue reading Pontes v Portugal: ECHR 10 Apr 2012

Z And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 May 2001

Four children complained that, for years before they were taken into care by the local authority, its social services department was well aware that they were living in filthy conditions and suffering ‘appalling’ neglect in the home of their parents. Suspicions of abuse had arisen in 1987, but they were given effective support only in … Continue reading Z And Others v The United Kingdom: ECHR 10 May 2001