Hearing: Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom (nos. 50541/08, 50571/08, 50573/08 and 40351/09) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-11-25 00:00:00)
Case: CASE OF IBRAHIM AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-09-13 00:00:00
Articles of the Convention concerned: 6, 6+6-3-c, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3-c, 35, 41
Issue: Sections 76 § 1 and 78 § 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Conclusion: Remainder inadmissible;No violation of Article 6+6-3-c - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Article 6-3 - Rights of defence) (Article 6-3-c - Defence through legal assistance;Article 6 - Right to a fair trial);Violation of Article 6+6-3-c - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Criminal charge;Fair hearing) (Article 6-3-c - Defence through legal assistance;Article 6-3 - Rights of defence;Article 6 - Right to a fair trial);Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction);Non-pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 3455/05, ECHR 2009;Aleksandr Zaichenko v. Russia, no. 39660/02, 18 February 2010;Allan v. the United Kingdom, no. 48539/99, ECHR 2002 IX;Brennan v. the United Kingdom, no. 39846/98, § 45, ECHR 2001 X;Brusco v. France, no. 1466/07, 14 October 2010;Bykov v. Russia [GC], no. 4378/02, §§ 89-93, 10 March 2009;Dayanan v. Turkey, no. 7377/03, 13 October 2009;Deweer v. Belgium, 27 February 1980, §§ 42-46, Series A no. 35;Dvorski v. Croatia [GC], no. 25703/11, ECHR 2015;Eckle v. Germany, 15 July 1982, § 73, Series A no. 51;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, §§ 166-169, ECHR 2010;Heaney and McGuinness v. Ireland, no. 34720/97, §§ 47-55, ECHR 2000-XII;Imbrioscia v. Switzerland, 24 November 1993, §§ 36-38, Series A no. 275;Jalloh v. Germany [GC], no. 54810/00, §§ 97-100, ECHR 2006 IX;John Murray v. the United Kingdom, 8 February 1996, §§  45-49, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 I;Mayzit v. Russia, no. 63378/00, § 77, 20 January 2005;McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no. 31333/06, § 143, 10 September 2010;Nada v. Switzerland [GC], no. 10593/08, ECHR 2012;Nechiporuk and Yonkalo v. Ukraine, no. 42310/04, § 262, 21 April 2011;O’Halloran and Francis v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 15809/02 and 25624/02, § 53, ECHR 2007 III;O’Kane v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 30550/96, 6 July 1999;Pishchalnikov v. Russia, no. 7025/04, 24 September 2009;Płonka v. Poland, no. 20310/02, 31 March 2009;Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, ECHR 2008;Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008;Saunders v. the United Kingdom, 17 December 1996, §§ 68-69, Reports 1996 VI;Schatschaschwili v. Germany [GC], no. 9154/10, §§ 100-101, ECHR 2015;Schmid-Laffer v. Switzerland, no. 41269/08, §§ 29 and 39, 16 June 2015;Seleznev v. Russia, no. 15591/03, § 67, 26 June 2008;Shabelnik v. Ukraine, no. 16404/03, § 52, 19 February 2009;Sher and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 5201/11, § 149, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Taxquet v. Belgium [GC], no. 926/05, § 84, ECHR 2010;Weh v. Austria, no. 38544/97, 8 April 2004
External sources: Preamble and Article 3 of Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedings;Article 21 of the Preamble of Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, adopted on 22 October 2013, covering the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, the right to have third parties informed of detention and the right to communicate with third parties and with consular authorities;Article 14 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;Article 55 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court;Rule 42 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;Rule 42 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda;Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms;Fifth and Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America