31 July 2015
Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2015] UKSC 49, [2015] All ER (D) 229 (Jul)
The appellant appealed against her conviction for wilfully failing to answer questions, contrary to para 18 of Sch 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (Sch 7). The Supreme Court, in dismissing the appeal, held that powers in Sch 7 did not breach Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Insofar as there had been deprivation of liberty, it had not breached Art 5 of the Convention. Further, there had been neither a wrongful denial of the common law privilege against self-incrimination nor a breach of Art 6 of the Convention.
