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: Current AwarenessVan Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary - Times Law Reports
By traceydennis
Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary
House of Lords
“The test for considering whether the state had violated its obligation to protect life under article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights was stringent and remained constant; no lower standard applied where the threat to an individual?s life arose from the state?s decision to call him as a witness.”
The Times, 1st August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Full post as published by Current Awareness on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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