Police in NI Allowed Anonymity Because of Death Threats
In re Officer L and others
HL(NI)
Weekly Law Reports Summary
31 July 2007
On an application by potential witnesses for anonymity a tribunal of inquiry had posed the correct test, under art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, of whether a pre-existing risk of death would be materially increased if the witnesses were required to give evidence without anonymity.