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Index for "5th edition, Chapter 2"

Civil rights and obligations

The concept of “civil rights and obligations” cannot be interpreted solely by reference to the domestic law of the respondent State: Leela Förderkreis E.V. and Others v. Germany [2009] 49 EHRR5.

Does the application of Article 6 depend on the outcome the proceedings or the powers of the tribunal?

In the fifth edition of our book, Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings we offered the comment that, ‘It is somewhat difficult for an English lawyer to comprehend that the outcome of proceedings c...

Public authority

The Society of Lloyds is not a public authority for the purposes of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998: Doll-Steinberg v Society of Lloyd’s [2002] EWHC 419 (Admin).

Trial within a reasonable time

So far as the Convention right to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time is concerned, the reasonableness of the length of proceedings is to be assessed in the light of the particular circ...