Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (England) - House of Lords

Date: 03/11/2009

Subject: The House of Lords deals with the Legal professional privilege, i.e. the special protection granted by law to communications between the accused person and his lawyer. The analysis recalls artt. 6 and 8 of the ECHR.

Parties: McE, Re c/ Northern Ireland

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Communications - Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing - Art. 48 Rights of defence

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