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Policy Paper Published 16 Jul 2018 Ministry of Justice ↗ View on GOV.UK

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.

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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.