C/L/22. The Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Problem question concerning fictitious Dangerous Sex Offenders Act 2004.

The answer to this hypothetical addresses the rights of the person in question under articles of the Human Rights Act 1998; whether he will be able to have his case heard in the European Court of Human Rights and whether he will be able to succeed, with explanation as to why this might be so. The answer also addresses the wider social implications of the problem in question and the impact of the European Court of Human Rights decision, should it rule in favor of the person in question.