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| General | |
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| CaseID | UKSC 2009/0129 |
| Case name | Allison (Appellant) v Her Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) |
| Case stage | Awaiting Judgment |
| Date of issue | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Expedition requested | Not Applied For |
| Order being appealed - Date | 07 Nov 2008 |
| Order being appealed - Court | Other |
| Devolution | Yes |
| Human Rights raised | No |
| Human Rights raised - details | |
| Intervener | Yes |
| Case Summary |
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On appeal from High Court of Justiciary (Scotland)IssuesWhether non-disclosure of the previous convictions and outstanding charges of a Prosecution witness to the Defence rendered a trial unfair contrary to Article 6 ECHR.FactsThe Appellant was convicted of various drug related offences. The Prosecution did not disclose details of one of its witness’s previous convictions or outstanding charges.
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| Permission to appeal | |
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| Date supporting documents received | |
| Date PTA application referred to justices | |
| Date of oral hearing | |
| Permission granted/refused | |
| Notice of intention to proceed filed | No |
| Parties | |
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| Appellant name | Steven Allison |
| Appellant case due date | 14 Oct 2009 |
| Appellant case date filed | |
| Respondent name | The Lord Advocate |
| Date form 3 filed | 22 Apr 2009 |
| Date form 3 issued | |
| Respondent case due date | |
| Respondent case date filed | 18 Nov 2009 |
| Respondent name | The Advocate General |
| Date form 3 filed | |
| Date form 3 issued | |
| Respondent case due date | |
| Respondent case date filed | |
| Intervener - names | The Advocate General |
| Appeal | |
|---|---|
| Justices allocated | Yes |
| Justices allocated - names | Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore |
| PTA granted by court below | No |
| Statement of facts & issues and Appendix due date | |
| Statement of facts & issues and Appendix date filed | |
| Time estimate | |
| Time estimate received | |
| Time estimate number of days | 3 days |
| Hearing date | 08 Dec 2009 |
| Other hearing location | |
| Core volumes due date | |
| Core volumes date filed | 14 Oct 2009 |
| Authorities due date | |
| Authorities date filed | 24 Nov 2009 |
| Hand down date | |