BIG BROTHER WATCH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT
3. The Court’s assessment ....................................................................................175
(a) General principles.....................................................................................175
(b) The application of the general principles to the present case...................176
(i) The section 8(4) regime......................................................................176
(ii) The Chapter II regime .......................................................................178
(iii) Overall conclusion ...........................................................................179
IV. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 OF THE
CONVENTION..............................................................................................179
V. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 14 OF THE
CONVENTION COMBINED WITH ARTICLES 8 AND 10 OF
THE CONVENTION ....................................................................................181
VI. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION.................183
A. Damage ......................................................................................................183
B. Costs and expenses.....................................................................................183
C. Default interest ...........................................................................................183
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT:..........................................................184
APPENDIX...........................................................................................................186
PARTLY CONCURRING, PARTLY DISSENTING OPINION OF
JUDGE KOSKELO, JOINED BY JUDGE TURKOVIĆ..........................187
I. The RIPA section 8(4) regime...........................................................................187
(i) The context of earlier case-law ..........................................................187
(ii) The context of the present case .........................................................189
(iii) Concerns...........................................................................................190
II. The intelligence-sharing regime.......................................................................194
JOINT PARTLY DISSENTING AND PARTLY CONCURRING
OPINION OF JUDGES PARDALOS AND EICKE..................................195
Introduction .....................................................................................................195
Admissibility ....................................................................................................196
The section 8(4) regime ...................................................................................199
Post Scriptum...................................................................................................203