R (on the application of MINTER) (Appellant) v CHIEF CONSTABLE OF HAMPSHIRE (Respondent) & SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Interested Party) (2013)

The whole of the term of an extended sentence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.85 constituted the term for which a person was “sentenced to imprisonment” for the purposes of determining the notification period under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.82(1). There was nothing arbitrary or disproportionate about the imposition of […]

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R (on the application of JF (BY HIS LITIGATION FRIEND OF)) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT : R (on the application of ANGUS AUBREY THOMPSON) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2009)

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.82 was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8 in subjecting certain sex offenders to notification requirements indefinitely without the opportunity for review. As a matter of principle, an offender was entitled to have the question of whether the notification requirements continued to serve a legitimate purpose […]

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