The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2004] 1 AC 653
House of Lords
Regina (Amin)
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2003] UKHL 51
2003 July 14,
15,
16;
Oct 16
Oct 16
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Hutton
Human rights
— Right to life
— State's duty to investigate death
— Prisoner murdered by cellmate with history of violence
— Secretary of State refusing to hold independent public investigation into death
— Nature and scope of procedural duty
— Whether public scrutiny and family participation required
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch. 1, Pt I, art 2