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Re CD

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
Re CD
   
Issue: Whether proceedings before the Life Sentence Review Commissioners that lasted from November 2001 to August 2005 breached Art 5(4) ECHR; whether the failure to call alleged victims of indecent assaults to give evidence was unfair; whether more cogent evidence than usual was required to conclude that an allegation of sexual abuse was made out.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2008] UKHL 33
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Scott, Carswell, Brown and Neuberger
   
Date: 11 June 2008