Samantha Orobator v (1) Governor of Holloway Prison (2) Secretary of State for Justice

February 3, 2010 | No Comments

A decision not to release a British citizen, who had been convicted by a court in Laos for a drugs offence but repatriated to the United Kingdom to serve the life sentence imposed, was appropriate where despite a number of shortcoming, she had not suffered a flagrant denial of justice on the grounds of the Lao court’s lack of independence and impartiality.

This case is available to read here.

Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

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