Regina (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another; McGeoch v Lord President of the Council and another – WLR Daily

Regina (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another; McGeoch v Lord President of the Council and another: [2013] UKSC 63;   [2013] WLR (D)  392

“The statutory blanket ban on convicted prisoners voting was incompatible with article 3 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. However, where a declaration of incompatibility had already been made in other proceedings and the matter was under active consideration by Parliament, a further declaration of incompatibility, being a discretionary remedy, was not appropriate.”

WLR Daily, 16th October 2013

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