Secrets Trial Finds Human Rights Fault
R v Keogh
CA
7 March 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
The reverse legal burden of proof in ss 2 and 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, which required a defendant to prove that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to believe that his disclosure related to defence or international relations or that it would be damaging, was incompatible with the presumption of innocence and should be read down so as to impose an evidential burden only.