Case Law [2017] UKSC 25 (05/04/2017)
Type: Judgment
Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court
Date: 04/05/2017
Subject: The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court on the compatibility of the norm of the Scottish Sexual Offences Act 2009 – excludes that an individual, who had already been accused of a sexual offence, can, in another trial concerning a sexual offence, state that he thought the victim was older than 16 years old – with articles 6, 8 and 14 of the ECHR
Parties: AB v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland)
Original language: English
Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing
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