The practice of police officers visiting the homes of registered sex offenders for the purpose of monitoring their behaviour under arrangements made pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.325 did not constitute an unlawful interference with the offenders’ rights under the ECHR art.8.
art.8(2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.325 ENTRY AND SEARCH EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.8 HUMAN RIGHTS LAWFULNESS OF HOME VISITS BY POLICE MONITORING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PENOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY POLICE POWERS OF ENTRY RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE s.325(8) s.80(2) s.91A s.96B SEX OFFENDERS SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 Pt 2
A doctor’s rights under ECHR art.8 would not be breached by the police disclosing information which had been unlawfully obtained during their investigation into a patient’s allegation of sexual assault against him to the General Medical Council for the purposes of its inquiry into the doctor’s fitness to practise.
art.8(2) DISCLOSURE ECHR 1950 art.8(1) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.8 FITNESS TO PRACTISE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL HEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS INTERVIEW RECORDS LEGITIMATE AIM MEDICAL ACT 1983 s.35A POLICE POLICE INQUIRIES PRIVATE DOCUMENTS PROFESSIONS PROPORTIONALITY RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE s.1(1)(a) s.3(5) s.35A(4) s.35A(6) s.35C(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT
A judge had not erred in refusing an application for an interim non-disclosure order where the interests of publishers and the public under the ECHR art.6 and art.10 outweighed the interests of a person under art.8 who had been arrested but not formally charged following an investigation into allegations of child sex grooming and prostitution.
art.6 art.8 art.8(2) CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1981 s.4(2) CORRECTNESS OF REFUSAL TO IMPOSE INTERIM NON-DISCLOSURE ORDER ON PUBLISHERS CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.10 HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWSPAPERS NON-DISCLOSURE ORDERS OPEN JUSTICE RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE s.4 SUSPECT ARRESTED BUT NOT CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES
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