The Weekly Law Reports
[2002] 3 WLR 1562
House of Lords
Regina v Lyons and others
[2002] UKHL 44
2002 Oct 14,
15,
16;
Nov 14
Nov 14
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hutton, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough and Lord Millett
Crime
— Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
— Reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission
— Reliance on judgment of European Court of Human Rights
— Defendants convicted after trial where prosecution lawfully adducing evidence of answers given by defendants under compulsion
— Convictions upheld on appeal
— Subsequent ruling by Court of Human Rights that admission of answers contrary to Convention right to fair trial
— Referral back to Court of Appeal
— Whether obligation to apply ruling when reviewing safety of conviction
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Companies Act 1985 (c 6), s. 434(5)
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953) (Cmd 8969), art 6(1)