International Transport Roth GmbH v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Hearings

England & Wales

22 Feb 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 158; [2003] QB 728; [2002] 3 WLR 344, CA

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Right to fair trial — Fixed penalty — Penalty scheme whereby carriers liable to fixed penalty for clandestine entrants concealed in carriers' vehicles — No provision in scheme for mitigation or for penalty to be fixed by independent tribunal — Whether scheme criminal or civil — Whether scheme incompatible with right to fair trial — Whether scheme inconsistent with Community law — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6 — EC Treaty, arts 28 EC, 49 EC

[2003] QB 728; [2002] 3 WLR 344

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Main Provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 - Declaration of incompatibility 91.4

Articles of the Convention Incorporated into the Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 1 of the First Protocol: protection of property 91.33