FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 59494/09
Robert BRIGGS-PRICE
against the United Kingdom
lodged on 21 October 2009
The facts and complaints in this case have been summarised in the Court’s statement of facts, which is available in HUDOC.
QUESTION
1. Given that the confiscation proceedings were brought in the context of criminal proceedings, pursuant to section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994, and that the applicant was not convicted of the offence of cannabis trafficking, was the judge’s decision in the confiscation proceedings compatible with Article 6 § 2 of the Convention (see, e.g., Minelli v. Switzerland, 25 March 1983, Series A no. 62; Böhmer v. Germany, no. 37568/97, 3 October 2002; and Allen v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 25424/09 [GC], 12 July 2013) ?
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