Significant Article 6 ECHR Decision on Courts’ Ability to Suspend Orders Pending Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 11th, 2025 in appeals, Crown Court, human rights, magistrates, news and tagged by sally

‘The High Court has handed down its judgment in Chief Constable of Humberside Police v Kelly Morgan [2024] EWHC 2859 (Admin). This is a significant human rights case which concerns whether the Crown Court has the power to suspend orders made by the lower court pending an ongoing appeal.The human rights arguments related to the closure order regime. Such orders are made by magistrates’ courts (pursuant to s.80 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014). The High Court described the orders as “draconian” because closure orders can exclude people from their own home.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th March 2025

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