In re McCaughey and another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and others intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 19th, 2011 in human rights, inquests, law reports, Supreme Court by tracey

In re McCaughey and another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and others intervening) [2011] UKSC 20;  [2011] WLR (D)  163

“If the United Kingdom chose to hold an inquest into a death resulting from acts by agents of the state which occurred before the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force, that inquest had to comply with the procedural obligations of article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2011

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