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| CaseID | UKSC 2009/0144 |
| Case name | R (on the application of F (by his litigation friend F)) and another (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) |
| Case stage | Awaiting Judgment |
| Date of issue | 21 Sep 2009 |
| Expedition requested | Not Applied For |
| Order being appealed - Date | 23 Jul 2009 |
| Order being appealed - Court | Court of Appeal (Civil) (EW) |
| Devolution | No |
| Human Rights raised | Yes |
| Human Rights raised - details | See Section 9 of grounds |
| Intervener | Yes |
| Case Summary |
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On appeal from Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division)IssueWhether the indefinite notification requirements imposed by s 82 Sexual Offences Act 2003 are incompatible with article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.FactsThe respondents were convicted of sexual offences and sentenced to terms of imprisonment which made them subject to the notification regime under Part 2 Sexual Offences Act 2003 for an indefinite period. This required them to notify the police of their address and other details, annually and whenever these changed. They had to make a further notification when they spent 7 days or more per year at another address in the UK and whenever they left the UK. There was no provision for review of the notification requirement.
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| Permission to appeal | |
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| Date supporting documents received | 24 Sep 2009 |
| Date PTA application referred to justices | 12 Nov 2009 |
| Date of oral hearing | |
| Permission granted/refused | Granted |
| Notice of intention to proceed filed | Yes |
| Parties | |
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| Appellant name | Secretary of State for the Home Department |
| Appellant case due date | |
| Appellant case date filed | |
| Respondent name | F |
| Date form 3 filed | 15 Jan 2010 |
| Date form 3 issued | 24 Sep 2009 |
| Respondent case due date | |
| Respondent case date filed | |
| Respondent name | Angus Aubrey Thompson |
| Date form 3 filed | 19 Jan 2010 |
| Date form 3 issued | |
| Respondent case due date | |
| Respondent case date filed | 19 Jan 2010 |
| Intervener - names | The Lord Advocate Mr A |
| Appeal | |
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| Justices allocated | Yes |
| Justices allocated - names | Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Baroness Hale of Richmond Lord Clarke of Stone-Cum-Ebony |
| PTA granted by court below | No |
| Statement of facts & issues and Appendix due date | 08 Jan 2010 |
| Statement of facts & issues and Appendix date filed | 11 Jan 2010 |
| Time estimate | |
| Time estimate received | |
| Time estimate number of days | 2 days |
| Hearing date | 03 Feb 2010 |
| Other hearing location | |
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| Core volumes date filed | |
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