Szuluk v United Kingdom

[2009] LS Law Med 438

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Judge GARLICKI (President), Judge BRATZA, Judge BONELLO, Judge MIJOVIC, Judge HIRVELA, Judge BIANKU, Judge VUCINIC, and Fatos ARACI (Deputy Registrar)

Medical correspondence — Prisoner with life threatening medical condition — Prisoner communicating directly with external medical specialist — Whether correspondence to be accorded confidentiality — Whether interference with correspondence necessary in democratic society — Whether breach of Article 8(2) of European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms