[2002] UKPC D 3

Section 57(2) Scotland Act 1998 prevented the Lord Advocate of Scotland from pursuing criminal proceedings where there had been a breach of a defendant's right under Art.6(1) European Convention on Human Rights to have the charges against him determined within a reasonable time.

PC (Sc) (Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Clyde, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe)

28/11/2002