[2011] UKSC 54

The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights did not support the proposition that, as a rule, the right of access to legal advice during police questioning could only be waived if the accused had received advice from a lawyer as to whether or not he should do so.

SC (Lord Hope (Deputy President), Lord Brown JSC, Lord Kerr JSC, Lord Dyson JSC, Lord Hamilton JSC)

23/11/2011