R (Ismail) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Fair hearing — Letters of request — Request for service of criminal judgment from foreign jurisdiction upon person in United Kingdom — Whether right to fair hearing engaged — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch I, Pt I, art 6

[2013] EWHC 663 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 133; [2013] ACD 76, DC

HUMAN RIGHTS — Fair hearing — Letters of request — Request by foreign state for service of criminal judgment of court of that state upon person in United Kingdom— Extent of Home Secretary’s discretion in relation to serving foreign judgment— Whether Convention right to fair hearing engaged— Whether Home Secretary erring in deciding to serve judgment on claimant— Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6 — Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c 32), s 1

[2016] UKSC 37; [2016] 1 WLR 2814; [2017] 2 All ER 985; 42 BHRC 301; [2016] WLR (D) 363; The Times, 11 July 2016; Case details, SC(E)

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