Bill of rights and 5th amendment to the US constitution
historical background to privilege against self incrimination
privilege against self-incrimination
privilege is far from an absolute right
privilege in civil proceedings
Blunt v Park Lane Hotel [1942]
operation of privilege in civil proceedings
financial and corporate investigations by state subject to statutory derogations
AT & T Istel v Tulley [1992]
per Lord Templeman
does not apply to these even if production is compelled...
Att-general reference (No 7 of 2000)
R v S [2008]
Att-general's reference (No7 of 2000)
privilege is not engaged and art 6 is not violated when...
Saunders v UK
two stages of privilege
R v Hets CC ex p Green environmental industries
Kearns
stage one
civil proceedings
compulsion of information
summary stage 2
civil proceedings
use of evidence
privilege in criminal trials
s1(1) criminal evidence act 1898
s1 (2) criminal evidence act 1898
D has a choice to give or not to give evidence
privilege does not extend to ...
ECtHR in Saunders v UK 1996
PACE s62
s117
PACE code D para 6
non-intimate samples
asking questions in criminal investigations
Saunders v UK 1997
Brown v Stott [2003]
S 172 RTA
O'Halloran and Francis v UK (2008)
R v K (2009)
summary criminal proceedings
stage 1
compulsory information
summary criminal trial
stage 2
use of evidence
right to silence until 1994
ss34-37 Criminal justice and public order act 1994
silence and police questioning
traditional common law position
Hall v R [1971]
Rice v Connolly [1966]
qualifying the right to silence under common law
'informal accusations'
Parkes [1976]
Chandler 1976
Horne 1990
PACE 1984 S62(10)
CRIMPO 1994
three key situations
CRIMPO s 36-37
CRIMPO s34
Code C
11.1A
10.5 (b)
caution
conditions of application of s34
Webber [2004]
Nickolson 1999
Betts and Hall 2001
1st interview
Howell 2003
right to silence and presumption of innocence under art 6.2
Condron v UK (2001)
domestic courts must take particular care about circumstances in which inferences may be drawn
Murrary v UK 1996
Pace s58
s34(2)(A) CRIMPO
CA in Condron [1997]
Beckles [2004]
R v Daha Essa (2009)
R v Seaton (2010)
Gill 2001
Chenia 2003
condron v UK 2001
what are proper inferences
five possible justifications for privilege
Dennis
conflicting issues of privilege