R v LSB (2010)

The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.86 applied to the totality of a sentence even where part of the overall sentence imposed was in respect of sexual offences committed after September 30, 1998.

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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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