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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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