Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 6-1; Pecuniary damage – claim rejected; Costs and expenses award – domestic proceedings; Costs and expenses award – Convention proceedings
The appointment of a judicial figure, who was in a subordinate position to one of the parties to the litigation, might lead litigants to entertain legitimate doubts regarding the independence of that judicial figure.
8790/79, (1984) 7 EHRR 351, [1984] ECHR 12
Worldlii, Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights 6-1
Human Rights
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Cited – PD, Regina (on the Application of) v West Midlands and North West Mental Health Review Tribunal Admn 22-Oct-2003
The claimant was detained as a mental patient. He complained that a consultant employed by the NHS Trust which detained him, also sat on the panel of the tribunal which heard the review of his detention.
Held: Such proceedings did engage the . .
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Updated: 24 August 2021; Ref: scu.164934