Practice Direction issued by the President of the VAT and Duties Tribunals and the Presiding Special Commissioner

October 2000

Human Rights

Practice Direction issued by the President of the VAT and Duties Tribunals and the Presiding Special Commissioner - October 2000

Citation of authorities

Human Rights

If it is necessary for a party to give evidence at a hearing of an authority referred to in section 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998

  1. the authority to be cited should be an authoritative and complete report; and
  2. the party must give to the court and any other party a list of the authorities he intends to cite and copies of the reports not less than three days before the hearing.

(Section 2(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 requires the court to take into account the authorities listed there).

Copies of the complete original texts issued by the European Court and Commission either paper based or from the Court's judgment database (HUDOC), which is available on the Internet, may be used.