Challenges to prosecutorial discretion.

Arnell, Paul; Sharp, Laura

Abstract

Considers challenges to prosecutorial discretion in light of the ECtHR decision in Da Silva v United Kingdom (5878/08) on whether UK authorities had failed, under ECHR art.2, to conduct an effective investigation into the fatal shooting by police officers of a man mistakenly identified as a suicide bomber. Refers to the case in the context of the prosecutorial aftermath of the fatal bin lorry accident in Glasgow December 2014.

Citation

ARNELL, P. and SHARP, L. 2016. Challenges to prosecutorial discretion. Scots law times [online], 2016(21), pages 113-115. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 30, 2017
• Journal: Scots law times
• Print ISSN: 0036-908X
• Electronic ISSN: 2754-222X
• Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2016
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 113-115
• Item Discussed: Da Silva v United Kingdom (5878/08) 40 B.H.R.C. 159; Times, April 26, 2016 (ECHR (Grand Chamber))
• Keywords: Decisions to prosecute; Duty to undertake effective investigation; Fatal accidents; Glasgow; Right to life
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2133
• Publisher URL: http://westlaw.co.uk
• Contract Date: Jan 30, 2017