Policy paper

Proposal for implementation of Hammerton v UK judgment

A draft of a proposed remedial order to remove an incompatibility with Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 16 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

A proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Human Rights Act 1998

Ref: ISBN 9781528602532

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This paper presents a draft of a proposed remedial order to amend section 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 to allow an award of damages in a new set of circumstances. This is to implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Hammerton v UK (application 6287/10).

The public may send comments about the proposed remedial order to the Ministry of Justice at the address given in the document.

Published 16 July 2018