The WLR Daily case summaries
[2009] WLR (D) 316
HUMAN RIGHTS— Right to free elections— Interference with— European Court of Human Rights and United Kingdom court finding United Kingdom legislation imposing blanket ban on prisoners’ right to vote incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights— United Kingdom government in process of laying proposals for change before parliament— Whether court entitled to exercise discretion to grant further declaration of incompatability— Human Rights Act 1998, s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt II, art 3