SAUNDERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM View

Notes

Date	17/12/1996
AppNr	19187/91
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	41; 6-1
Violated / NonViolated	6-1
Citations	35-15-25-35-45-566-16-26-36-3-c6-3-d81013P1-166-16-26-36-3-b6-3-c7810P1-1

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient
Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Violation of Art. 6-1

Keywords:

(art. 6) criminal proceedings
(art. 6-1) fair hearing
(art. 6-2) presumption of innocence

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Reports 1996-VI
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH;SERBIAN;SLOVENIAN
Application Number	19187/91
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Referred by	Commission ; United Kingdom
Date of Reference	09/09/1994
	13/09/1994
Date of Judgment	17/12/1996
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 6-1 ; Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed ; Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient ; Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Articles	6-1 , 41
Rules of Court	A
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Companies Act 1985, section 434 (5) ; Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 76 (1) ; Court of Appeal, R. v. Seelig judgment of 2 May 1991
Strasbourg Case Law	Deweer v. Belgium judgment of 27 February 1980, Series A no. 35, pp. 21-24, paras. 42-47 ; Funke v. France judgment of 25 February 1993, Series A no. 256-A, p. 22, para. 44 ; Fayed v. the United Kingdom judgment of 21 September 1994, Series A no. 294-B, p. 47, para. 61, p. 48, para. 62 ; John Murray v. the United Kingdom judgment of 8 February 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-I, p. 49, para. 45, p. 52, para. 56
External Sources	Theft Act 1968, section 17 (1) b ; Criminal Appeal Act 1968, section 17 (1) ; Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, sections 76, 78 and 82 (1) ; Companies Act 1985, sections 151, 432, 434, 436, 437 (1A) and 442 (1) ; Criminal Justice Act 1987, section 2 (2), 2 (8) and 2 (13) ; City Code on Take-overs and Mergers ; Pergamon Press Ltd judgment [1971] Chancery Reports 388, per Sachs LJ, p. 401 ; Court of Justice of the European Communities, Orkem v. Commission, Case 374/87 [1989] European Court Reports 3283 ; Constitutional Court of South Africa, Ferreira v. Levin and Others judgment of 6 December 1995
Keywords	"(Art. 6) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS" "(Art. 6-1) FAIR HEARING" "(Art. 6-2) PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE"

Application Documents 1

SAUNDERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

Commission (Plenary) Decision

07/12/1993

References 7

	152 JOHN MURRAY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 6-3-c, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/02/1996
	152 FAYED v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	21/09/1994
	90 FUNKE v. FRANCE 6-1, 8 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	25/02/1993
	34 DE GEOUFFRE DE LA PRADELLE v. FRANCE 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	16/12/1992
	180 ASHINGDANE v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 5-1, 5-4, 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	28/05/1985
	54 CORIGLIANO v. ITALY 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/12/1982
	299 DEWEER v. BELGIUM 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	27/02/1980

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Citations 70

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	2 NECHIPORUK AND YONKALO v. UKRAINE 3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-3-c Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	21/04/2011
	BEGU v. ROMANIA 5-3, P1-1 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	15/03/2011
	1 BRUSCO v. FRANCE Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	14/10/2010
	3 GAFGEN v. GERMANY 3, 6-1, 6-3 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	01/06/2010
	ELOMAA v. FINLAND Court (Fourth Section) Decision	16/03/2010
	1 ALEKSANDR ZAICHENKO v. RUSSIA 6-1, 6-3-c Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	18/02/2010
	12 PISHCHALNIKOV v. RUSSIA 6-1, 6-3-c Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	24/09/2009
	SHUKLA v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Court (Fourth Section) Decision	16/06/2009
	MARTTINEN v. FINLAND 6-1 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	21/04/2009

ECHR CaseLaw

SAUNDERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM View

Notes

ECHR Notes

Application Documents 1

References 7

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Citations 70

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