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R (On the Application of Mellor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (On the Application of Mellor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether the Home Secretary’s refusal of a prisoner’s request to provide a sample of semen at his expense for the purpose of artificially inseminating his wife breached Arts 8 and/or 12 European Convention.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   C/2000/2869
   
Neutral Citation:   [2001] ECWA Civ 472
   
Judge(s): Lord Phillips MR, Peter Gibson and Latham LJJ
   
Date: 4 April 2001