CASE OF HIRST v THE UNITED KINGDOM (NO. 2)
Rabinder Singh QC in Grand Chamber judgment about whether prisoners should be given right to vote under ECHR
This case concerned a challenge to the decision of the Returning Officer to disqualify Liberal Democrat candidates in the local elections. Tom Linden appeared.
The claimant sought judicial review of an Electoral Registration Officer's refusal to let him withhold his name and address on the electoral application form.
The case concerned whether domestic law disqualifying prisoners from voting was incompatible with the right to vote under ECHR. Rabinder Singh QC appeared for the Secretary of State.
Rabinder Singh QC is appearing in this case about the voting rights of prisoners. The case will be heard in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in April 2005.
Helen Mountfield took part in this case, in which the applicant sought a determination that the election in Belle Vale & Halsbury was void due to undelivered postal ballot papers.
The Constitutional Court of South Africa were asked to make a determination of the number of seats for Western Cape province ahead of the second democratic election in the history of South Africa. Janet Kentridge acted on behalf of the applicants.
