PROCEDURE

The Golder case was referred to the Court by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (hereinafter called “the Government“). The case has its origin in an application against the United Kingdom lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter called “the Commission“) under Article 25 (art. 25) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention“), by a United Kingdom citizen, Mr. Sidney Elmer Golder. The application was first submitted in 1969; it was supplemented in April 1970 and registered under no. 4451/70. The Commission’s report in the case, drawn up in accordance with Article 31 (art. 31) of the Convention, was transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 5 July 1973.

The Government’s application, which was made under Article 48 (art. 48) of the Convention, was lodged with the registry of the Court on 27 September 1973 within the period of three months laid down in Articles 32 para. 1 and 47 (art. 32-1, art. 47). The purpose of the application is to submit the case for judgment by the Court. The Government therein express their disagreement with the opinion stated by the Commission in their report and with the Commission’s approach to the interpretation of the Convention.

On 4 October 1973, the Registrar received from the Secretary of the Commission twenty-five copies of their report.

On 9 October 1973, the then President of the Court drew by lot, in the presence of the Registrar, the names of five of the seven judges called upon to sit as members of the Chamber, Sir Humphrey Waldock, the elected judge of British nationality, and Mr. G. Balladore Pallieri, Vice-President of the Court, being ex officio members under Article 43 (art. 43) of the Convention and Rule 21 para. 3 (b) of the Rules of Court respectively. The five judges chosen were MM. R. Cassin, R. Rodenbourg, A. Favre, T. Vilhjálmsson and W. Ganshof van der Meersch, (Article 43 in fine of the Convention and Rule 21 para. 4) (art. 43). The President also drew by lot the names of substitute judges (Rule 2l para. 4). Mr. G. Balladore Pallieri assumed the office of President of the Chamber in accordance with Rule 21 para. 5.

The President of the Chamber ascertained, through the Registrar, the views of the Agent of the Government and of the Delegates of the Commission on the procedure to be followed. By Order of 12 October 1973, he decided that the Government should file a memorial within a time-limit expiring on 3l January 1974 and that the Delegates should be entitled to file a memorial in reply within two months of the receipt of the Government’s memorial. The President of the Chamber also instructed the Registrar to request the Delegates to communicate to the Court the main documents listed in the report. These documents were received at the registry on 17 October. The President later granted extensions of the times allowed, until 6 March 1974 for the Agent of the Government, and until 6 June and then 26 July for the Delegates (Orders of 21 January, 9 April and 5 June 1974). The Government’s memorial was received at the registry on 6 March 1974 and that of the Commission - with observations by the applicant’s counsel annexed - on 26 July.

The Chamber met in private on 7 May 1974. Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, who had been elected a member of the Court in January 1974 in place of Sir Humphrey Waldock, took his seat in the Court as the elected judge of British nationality (Article 43 of the Convention and Rule 2 para. 3) (art. 43). On the same day the Chamber, “considering that the case raise(d) serious questions affecting the interpretation of the Convention“, decided under Rule 48 to relinquish jurisdiction forthwith in favour of the plenary Court. The new President of the Court, Mr. Balladore Pallieri, assumed the office of President.

After consulting the Agent of the Government and the Delegates of the Commission, the President decided, by Order of 6 August 1974, that the oral hearings should open on 11 October.

The public hearings took place on 11 and 12 October 1974 in the Human Rights Building at Strasbourg. There appeared before the Court:

for the Government: Mr. P. Fifoot, Legal Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Barrister-at-Law, Agent and Counsel, Sir Francis Vallat, K.C.M.G., Q.C., Professor of International Law, King’s College, London; formerly Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office, Mr. G. Slynn, Q.C., Recorder of Hereford, Counsel, and Sir William Dale, K.C.M.G., formerly Legal Adviser to the Commonwealth Office, Mr. R. M. Morris, Principal, Home Office, Advisers;

for the Commission: Mr. G. Sperduti, Principal Delegate, MM. T. Opsahl and K. Mangan, Delegates, and Mr. N. Tapp, Q.C., who had represented the applicant before the Commission, assisting the Delegates under Rule 29 para. 1, second sentence. The Court heard the addresses and submissions of Mr. Fifoot, Sir Francis Vallat and Mr. Slynn for the Government and of Mr. Sperduti, Mr. Opsahl and Mr. Tapp for the Commission, as well as their replies to questions put by the Court and by several judges. At the hearings, the Government produced certain documents to the Court

AS TO THE FACTS

The facts of the case may be summarised as follows.

In 1965, Mr. Sidney Elmer Golder, a United Kingdom citizen born in 1923, was convicted in the United Kingdom of robbery with violence and was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. In 1969, Golder was serving his sentence in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight.

On the evening of 24 October 1969, a serious disturbance occurred in a recreation area of the prison where Golder happened to be. On 25 October, a prison officer, Mr. Laird, who had taken part and been injured in quelling the disturbance, made a statement identifying his assailants, in the course of which he declared: “Frazer was screaming ... and Frape, Noonan and another prisoner whom I know by sight, I think his name is Golder ... were swinging vicious blows at me.“

On 26 October Golder, together with other prisoners suspected of having participated in the disturbance, was segregated from the main body of prisoners. On 28 and 30 October, Golder was interviewed by police officers. At the second of these interviews he was informed that it had been alleged that he had assaulted a prison officer; he was warned that “the facts would be reported in order that consideration could be given whether or not he would be prosecuted for assaulting a prison officer causing bodily harm“.

Golder wrote to his Member of Parliament on 25 October and 1 November, and to a Chief Constable on 4 November 1969, about the disturbance of 24 October and the ensuing hardships it had entailed for him; the prison governor stopped these letters since Golder had failed to raise the subject-matter thereof through the authorised channels beforehand.

In a second statement, made on 5 November 1969, Laird qualified as follows what he had said earlier: “When I mentioned the prisoner Golder, I said ‘I think it was Golder’, who was present with Frazer, Frape and Noonan, when the three latter were attacking me. “If it was Golder and I certainly remember seeing him in the immediate group who were screaming abuse and generally making a nuisance of themselves, I am not certain that he made an attack on me. “Later when Noonan and Frape grabbed me, Frazer was also present but I cannot remember who the other inmate was, but there were several there one of whom stood out in particular but I cannot put a name to him.“ On 7 November, another prison officer reported that: “... during the riot of that night I spent the majority of the time in the T.V. room with the prisoners who were not participating in the disturbance. 740007, Golder was in this room with me and to the best of my knowledge took no part in the riot. His presence with me can be borne out by officer ... who observed us both from the outside.“ Golder was returned to his ordinary cell the same day. l5. Meanwhile, the prison authorities had been considering the various statements, and on 10 November prepared a list of charges which might be preferred against prisoners, including Golder, for offences against prison discipline. Entries relating thereto were made in Golder’s prison record. No such charge was eventually preferred against him and the entries in his prison record were marked “charges not proceeded with“. Those entries were expunged from the prison record in 1971 during the examination of the applicant’s case by the Commission.

On 20 March 1970, Golder addressed a petition to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that is, the Home Secretary. He requested a transfer to some other prison and added: “I understand that a statement wrongly accusing me of participation in the events of 24th October last, made by Officer Laird, is lodged in my prison record. I suspect that it is this wrong statement that has recently prevented my being recommended by the local parole board for parole. “I would respectfully request permission to consult a solicitor with a view to taking civil action for libel in respect of this statement .... Alternatively, I would request that an independent examination of my record be allowed by Mrs. G.M. Bishop who is magistrate. I would accept her assurance that this statement is not part of my record and be willing to accept then that the libel against me has not materially harmed me except for the two weeks I spent in the separate cells and so civil action would not be then necessary, providing that an apology was given to me for the libel ....“

In England the matter of contacts of convicted prisoners with persons outside their place of detention is governed by the Prison Act 1952, as amended and subordinate legislation made under that Act. Section 47, sub-section I, of the Prison Act provides that “the Secretary of State may make rules for the regulation and management of prisoners ... and for the ... treatment ... discipline and control of persons required to be detained ....“ The rules made by the Home Secretary in the exercise of this power are the Prison Rules 1964, which were laid before Parliament and have the status of a Statutory Instrument. The relevant provisions concerning communications between prisoners and persons outside prison are contained in Rules 33, 34 and 37 as follows: “Letters and visits generally Rule 33 (1) The Secretary of State may, with a view to securing discipline and good order or the prevention of crime in the interests of any persons, impose restrictions, either generally or in a particular case, upon the communications to be permitted between a prisoner and other persons. (2) Except as provided by statute or these Rules, a prisoner shall not be permitted to communicate with any outside person, or that person with him, without the leave of the Secretary of State. ... Personal letters and visits Rule 34 ... (8) A prisoner shall not be entitled under this Rule to communicate with any person in connection with any legal or other business, or with any person other than a relative or friend, except with the leave of the Secretary of State. ... Legal advisers Rule 37 (1) The legal adviser of a prisoner in any legal proceedings, civil or criminal, to which the prisoner is a party shall be afforded reasonable facilities for interviewing him in connection with those proceedings, and may do so out of hearing but in the sight of an officer. (2) A prisoner’s legal adviser may, with the leave of the Secretary of State, interview the prisoner in connection with any other legal business in the sight and hearing of an officer.“

On 6 April 1970, the Home Office directed the prison governor to notify Golder of the reply to his petition of 20 March as follows: “The Secretary of State has fully considered your petition but is not prepared to grant your request for transfer, nor can he find grounds for taking any action in regard to the other matters raised in your petition.“

Before the Commission, Golder submitted two complaints relating respectively to the stopping of his letters (as mentioned above at paragraph 13) and to the refusal of the Home Secretary to permit him to consult a solicitor. On 30 March 1971, the Commission declared the first complaint inadmissible, as all domestic remedies had not been exhausted, but accepted the second for consideration of the merits under Articles 6 para. 1 and 8 (art. 6-1, art. 8) of the Convention.

Golder was released from prison on parole on 12 July 1972.

In their report, the Commission expressed the opinion:

unanimously, that Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) guarantees a right of access to the courts;

unanimously, that in Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1), whether read alone or together with other Articles of the Convention, there are no inherent limitations on the right of a convicted prisoner to institute proceedings and for this purpose to have unrestricted access to a lawyer; and that consequently the restrictions imposed by the present practice of the United Kingdom authorities are inconsistent with Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1);

by seven votes to two, that Article 8 para. 1 (art. 8-1) is applicable to the facts of the present case;

that the same facts which constitute a violation of Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) constitute also a violation of Article 8 (art. 8) (by eight votes to one, as explained to the Court by the Principal Delegate on 12 October 1974). The Commission furthermore expressed the opinion that the right of access to the courts guaranteed by Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) is not qualified by the requirement “within a reasonable time“. In the application bringing the case before the Court, the Government made objection to this opinion of the Commission but stated in their memorial that they no longer wished to argue the issue.

The following final submissions were made to the Court at the oral hearing on 12 October 1974 in the afternoon.

for the Government: “The United Kingdom Government respectfully submit to the Court that Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) of the Convention does not confer on the applicant a right of access to the courts, but confers only a right in any proceedings he may institute to a hearing that is fair and in accordance with the other requirements of the paragraph. The Government submit that in consequence the refusal of the United Kingdom Government to allow the applicant in this case to consult a lawyer was not a violation of Article 6 (art. 6). In the alternative, if the Court finds that the rights conferred by Article 6 (art. 6) include in general a right of access to courts, then the United Kingdom Government submit that the right of access to the courts is not unlimited in the case of persons under detention, and that accordingly the imposing of a reasonable restraint on recourse to the courts by the applicant was permissible in the interest of prison order and discipline, and that the refusal of the United Kingdom Government to allow the applicant to consult a lawyer was within the degree of restraint permitted, and therefore did not constitute a violation of Article 6 (art. 6) of the Convention. The United Kingdom Government further submit that control over the applicant’s correspondence while he was in prison was a necessary consequence of the deprivation of his liberty, and that the action of the United Kingdom Government was therefore not a violation of Article 8 para. 1 (art. 8-1), and that the action of the United Kingdom Government in any event fell within the exceptions provided by Article 8 para. 2 (art. 8-2), since the restriction imposed was in accordance with law, and it was within the power of appreciation of the Government to judge that the restriction was necessary in a democratic society for the prevention of disorder or crime. In the light of these submissions, Mr. President, I respectfully ask this honourable Court, on behalf of the United Kingdom Government, to hold that the United Kingdom Government have not in this case committed a breach of Article 6 (art. 6) or Article 8 (art. 8) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.“

for the Commission: “The questions to which the Court is requested to reply are the following: (1) Does Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) of the European Convention on Human Rights secure to persons desiring to institute civil proceedings a right of access to the courts? (2) If Article 6 para. 1 (art. 6-1) secures such a right of access, are there inherent limitations relating to this right, or its exercise, which apply to the facts of the present case? (3) Can a convicted prisoner who wishes to write to his lawyer in order to institute civil proceedings rely on the protection given in Article 8 (art. 8) of the Convention to respect for correspondence? (4) According to the answers given to the foregoing questions, do the facts of the present case disclose the existence of a violation of Article 6 and of Article 8 (art. 6, art. 8) of the European Convention on Human Rights?“
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NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e49
001-57496_a11_em93
PERSON
QUASI
001-57496_a11_em78
Mr. Slynn
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em94
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e54
001-57496_a11_em95
PERSON
QUASI
001-57496_a11_em85
Mr. Sperduti
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e55
001-57496_a11_em96
PERSON
QUASI
001-57496_a11_em86
Mr. Opsahl
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e57
001-57496_a11_em97
PERSON
QUASI
001-57496_a11_em88
Mr. Tapp
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em98
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em99
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em100
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e58
001-57496_a11_em101
DATETIME
QUASI
1965
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em102
PERSON
DIRECT
Mr. Sidney Elmer Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em103
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e59
001-57496_a11_em104
DATETIME
QUASI
1923
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em105
LOC
NO_MASK
United Kingdom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e60
001-57496_a11_em106
DATETIME
NO_MASK
fifteen years
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e5
001-57496_a11_em107
DATETIME
NO_MASK
1969
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em108
PERSON
DIRECT
001-57496_a11_em8
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-57496_a11_e61
001-57496_a11_em109
LOC
QUASI
Parkhurst Prison
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e62
001-57496_a11_em110
LOC
QUASI
Isle of Wight
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e63
001-57496_a11_em111
DATETIME
QUASI
24 October 1969
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em112
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e64
001-57496_a11_em113
DATETIME
NO_MASK
25 October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e65
001-57496_a11_em114
PERSON
QUASI
Mr. Laird
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e66
001-57496_a11_em115
PERSON
QUASI
Frazer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e67
001-57496_a11_em116
PERSON
QUASI
Frape
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e68
001-57496_a11_em117
PERSON
QUASI
Noonan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em118
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e69
001-57496_a11_em119
MISC
QUASI
were swinging vicious blows at me
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e70
001-57496_a11_em120
DATETIME
NO_MASK
26 October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em121
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e71
001-57496_a11_em122
DATETIME
NO_MASK
28 and 30 October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em123
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em124
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e72
001-57496_a11_em125
ORG
NO_MASK
Parliament
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e64
001-57496_a11_em126
DATETIME
NO_MASK
25 October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e73
001-57496_a11_em127
DATETIME
NO_MASK
1 November
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e74
001-57496_a11_em128
DATETIME
QUASI
4 November 1969
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e75
001-57496_a11_em129
DATETIME
NO_MASK
24 October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em130
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e76
001-57496_a11_em131
DATETIME
QUASI
5 November 1969
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e77
001-57496_a11_em132
PERSON
QUASI
Laird
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em133
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em134
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e66
001-57496_a11_em135
PERSON
QUASI
Frazer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e67
001-57496_a11_em136
PERSON
QUASI
Frape
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e68
001-57496_a11_em137
PERSON
QUASI
Noonan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em138
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e78
001-57496_a11_em139
MISC
QUASI
screaming abuse and generally making a nuisance of themselves
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e68
001-57496_a11_em140
PERSON
QUASI
Noonan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e67
001-57496_a11_em141
PERSON
QUASI
Frape
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e66
001-57496_a11_em142
PERSON
QUASI
Frazer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e79
001-57496_a11_em143
DATETIME
NO_MASK
7 November
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e80
001-57496_a11_em144
DATETIME
NO_MASK
that night
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e81
001-57496_a11_em145
MISC
QUASI
T.V. room with the prisoners who were not participating in the disturbance
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e82
001-57496_a11_em146
CODE
DIRECT
740007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em147
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em148
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e83
001-57496_a11_em149
DATETIME
NO_MASK
10 November
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em150
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em151
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e84
001-57496_a11_em152
DATETIME
NO_MASK
1971
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e85
001-57496_a11_em153
DATETIME
QUASI
20 March 1970
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em154
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em155
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e87
001-57496_a11_em156
ORG
NO_MASK
Home Department
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e88
001-57496_a11_em157
ORG
NO_MASK
Home Secretary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e89
001-57496_a11_em158
DATETIME
NO_MASK
24th October
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e77
001-57496_a11_em159
PERSON
QUASI
Laird
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e90
001-57496_a11_em160
PERSON
QUASI
Mrs. G.M. Bishop
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e91
001-57496_a11_em161
DATETIME
NO_MASK
two weeks
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e92
001-57496_a11_em162
LOC
NO_MASK
England
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em163
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e88
001-57496_a11_em164
PERSON
NO_MASK
Home Secretary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e93
001-57496_a11_em165
DATETIME
NO_MASK
1964
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e72
001-57496_a11_em166
ORG
NO_MASK
Parliament
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em167
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em168
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em169
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em170
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e94
001-57496_a11_em171
DATETIME
QUASI
6 April 1970
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e95
001-57496_a11_em172
ORG
NO_MASK
Home Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em173
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e96
001-57496_a11_em174
DATETIME
NO_MASK
20 March
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e86
001-57496_a11_em175
PERSON
NO_MASK
Secretary of State
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em176
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e88
001-57496_a11_em177
PERSON
NO_MASK
Home Secretary
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e97
001-57496_a11_em178
DATETIME
QUASI
30 March 1971
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e4
001-57496_a11_em179
PERSON
DIRECT
Golder
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e98
001-57496_a11_em180
DATETIME
QUASI
12 July 1972
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em181
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em182
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e99
001-57496_a11_em183
DATETIME
QUASI
12 October 1974
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em184
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em185
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em186
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e99
001-57496_a11_em187
DATETIME
QUASI
12 October 1974
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em188
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em189
ORG
NO_MASK
001-57496_a11_em4
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em190
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em191
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em192
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em193
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em194
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em195
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em196
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em197
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em198
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em199
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e100
001-57496_a11_em200
PERSON
NO_MASK
Mr. President
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em201
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em202
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e3
001-57496_a11_em203
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-57496_a11_e2
001-57496_a11_em204
ORG
NO_MASK
Court
Sidney Elmer Golder
GBR
CHAMBER
Task: Annotate the document to anonymise the following person: Sidney Elmer Golder