Hearings
England & Wales
16 Nov 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 888, DC (Rose LJ, Sullivan J)
19 Dec 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 2048; [2002] 1 WLR 1249, CA (Lord Phillips MR, Jonathan Parker, Dyson LJJ)
R (A) v Lord Saville of Newdigate
Subject Matter
TRIBUNAL — Tribunal of inquiry — Evidence — Witnesses' application to give evidence in alternative venue on ground of fears for safety — Tribunal refusing to hear evidence in alternative venue — Whether refusal infringing witnesses' right to life — Whether tribunal applying correct test of assessment of risk to witnesses' lives — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2
Appellate History
R (A) v Lord Saville of Newdigate [2001] EWHC Admin 888, DC
Decision of the Queen's Bench Divisional Court affirmed
R (A) v Lord Saville of Newdigate [2001] EWCA Civ 2048; [2002] 1 WLR 1249, CA