BIG BROTHER WATCH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT
the Convention in respect of the section 8(4) regime and the Chapter II
regime.
5. Holds, by twelve votes to five, that there has been no violation of
Article 10 of the Convention in respect of the receipt of intelligence
from foreign intelligence services;
6. Holds, unanimously,
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three
months, the following amounts, to be converted into the currency of
the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement:
(i) to the applicants in the first of the joined cases: EUR 227,500
(two hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred euros),
plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants, in respect
of costs and expenses;
(ii) to the applicants in the second of the joined cases: EUR 90,000
(ninety thousand euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable to
the applicants, in respect of costs and expenses;
(iii) to the applicants in the third of the joined cases: EUR 36,000
(thirty-six thousand euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable
to the applicants, in respect of costs and expenses;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until
settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a
rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank
during the default period plus three percentage points;
7. Dismisses, unanimously, the remainder of the applicants’ claim for just
satisfaction.
Done in English and in French, and delivered at a hearing on 25 May
2021, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Søren Prebensen
Deputy to the Registrar
Robert Spano
President
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