PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 53741/00) against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a United Kingdom national, Mr Stephen Alexander Crowther (“the applicant”), on 9 February 1999.

The applicant was represented by Mr P.A. Kealey, a lawyer practising in Londonderry. The United Kingdom Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms E. Willmott, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The applicant alleged, in particular, that the criminal proceedings against him had not been determined within a reasonable time.

The application was allocated to the Fourth Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). Within that Section, the Chamber that would consider the case (Article 27 § 1 of the Convention) was constituted as provided in Rule 26 § 1.

By a decision of 8 July 2003, the Court declared the application partly admissible. The Chamber decided, after consulting the parties, that no hearing on the merits was required (Rule 59 § 3 in fine).

On 1 November 2004 the Court changed the composition of its Sections (Rule 25 § 1). This case was assigned to the newly composed Fourth Section (Rule 52 § 1).

THE FACTS

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The applicant was born in 1946 and lives in East Sussex.

On 17 May 1990 the applicant was arrested, questioned at a police station in connection with an alleged importation of drugs, then refused bail and remanded in custody. On 18 December 1990, after a week-long jury trial, he was convicted of conspiracy to import a controlled drug and on 21 March 1991 he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. On the same date, a confiscation order in the sum of GBP 22,000 was imposed, with a term of 18 months' imprisonment to be served consecutively to his main sentence if he failed to make the payment by 21 March 1992.

At the time of the applicant's conviction Her Majesty's Customs and Excise (henceforth, “Customs”) were in possession of a Rolex watch and GBP 2,600 belonging to the applicant. According to the Government, the applicant was informed by a letter dated 16 May 1991 that the order had been registered with Chichester Magistrates' Court, but the applicant denies ever having received such a letter.

On 30 September 1991 Customs wrote to the solicitors who had acted for the applicant at trial and asked how and when he intended to pay the sum ordered. According to the applicant, the solicitors, who had ceased to act for him in May 1991, never informed him of this letter. They wrote to Customs on 7 November 1991 that they had no instructions from the applicant.

On 20 March 1992 the Magistrates' Court wrote to Customs to enquire whether action would be taken to enforce the order in default of payment. Customs replied on 23 March 1992 that the sum ordered had not been paid and that they were considering applying for a distress warrant to be issued in respect of the watch and a receiver to be appointed to deal with the applicant's property.

By a letter dated 8 April 1992, the Magistrates' Court informed Customs that a distress warrant could not be issued. In another letter, dated 12 August 1992, the magistrates sought information from Customs about the appointing of a receiver. Customs replied on 22 October 1992 that the sum ordered had not been paid, but that they had not applied to the High Court to appoint a receiver in the attempt to identify any realisable assets held by the applicant and that they were awaiting further instructions from their Asset Forfeiture Unit.

The applicant was released from prison in May 1994. He had not paid the money due under the confiscation order, but the order had not been enforced.

By a letter dated 24 October 1995 Customs contacted the Magistrates' Court to discover whether payment had been made. The court replied on 27 October 1995 that it had not. On 23 January 1996 Customs contacted the applicant's former solicitors to inform them that they intended to enforce payment of the order.

On 29 February 1996 Customs asked the court to issue a distress warrant in respect of the watch. This was issued in March 1996 and an executed copy of the warrant was sent to Customs in May 1996.

On 25 June 1996 a warrant was issued for the applicant's arrest to bring him to court for a means inquiry to take place in respect of the sum of GBP 17,670 outstanding on the order. The inquiry took place on 10 July 1996. The applicant attended but was not represented. The proceedings were adjourned at the applicant's request to allow him to seek legal aid and a Certificate of Inadequacy (which would dispense him from the obligation to pay the order). According to the Government, the proceedings were adjourned a further twelve times over the following seventeen months at the applicant's request. The applicant denies requesting so many adjournments.

On 18 November 1997 the High Court dismissed the applicant's application for a Certificate of Inadequacy. On 10 December 1997 the Magistrates' Court ordered that proceedings to enforce the confiscation order should take place. The proceedings were subsequently adjourned several more times, but the reason for the adjournments is not clear.

On 13 May 1998 the case was listed for 3 June 1998, and on the latter date the applicant was committed to prison for 15 months for non-payment of the sum outstanding.

On 7 August 1998 the applicant was granted leave by the High Court to apply for judicial review of the magistrates' decision. On 14 October 1998 the High Court refused his application for judicial review, holding that there was no reason to construe the word “consecutive” in the confiscation order in such a strict manner as to mean “in unbroken succession to the time served under the original order”. Lord Justice Brooke in the High Court described the delay on the part of the enforcement authorities between October 1992 and January 1996 in enforcing the order as “wholly unexplained”, and Mr Justice Sedley observed that the “Customs and Excise's inertia between March 1992 and January 1996 was both inexcusable and, given that somebody's liberty was involved, unconscionable”. However, the High Court held that, as a matter of English law, once the confiscation order had been made the onus was on the applicant to pay, and “any continuing lapse of time is then in the eye of the law a product of the failure to pay, not of the failure to enforce”. On 19 October 1998 the High Court refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords.
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23 March 1992
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between March 1992 and January 1996
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9 February 1999
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1946
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18 December 1990
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21 March 1991
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20 March 1992
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8 April 1992
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May 1994
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24 October 1995
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NO_MASK
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27 October 1995
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23 January 1996
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NO_MASK
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29 February 1996
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check
001-68112_a6_e20
001-68112_a6_em54
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e39
001-68112_a6_em55
DATETIME
QUASI
March 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e20
001-68112_a6_em56
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e40
001-68112_a6_em57
DATETIME
QUASI
May 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e41
001-68112_a6_em58
DATETIME
QUASI
25 June 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e42
001-68112_a6_em59
QUANTITY
QUASI
GBP 17,670
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e43
001-68112_a6_em60
DATETIME
QUASI
10 July 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e44
001-68112_a6_em61
QUANTITY
QUASI
twelve times
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e45
001-68112_a6_em62
DATETIME
QUASI
following seventeen months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e46
001-68112_a6_em63
DATETIME
QUASI
18 November 1997
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em64
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e47
001-68112_a6_em65
DATETIME
QUASI
10 December 1997
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e23
001-68112_a6_em66
ORG
NO_MASK
Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e48
001-68112_a6_em67
DATETIME
QUASI
13 May 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e49
001-68112_a6_em68
DATETIME
QUASI
3 June 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e50
001-68112_a6_em69
DATETIME
QUASI
15 months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e51
001-68112_a6_em70
DATETIME
QUASI
7 August 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em71
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e23
001-68112_a6_em72
ORG
NO_MASK
magistrates
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e52
001-68112_a6_em73
DATETIME
QUASI
14 October 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em74
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e53
001-68112_a6_em75
PERSON
QUASI
Lord Justice Brooke
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em76
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e54
001-68112_a6_em77
DATETIME
QUASI
between October 1992 and January 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e55
001-68112_a6_em78
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Justice Sedley
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e56
001-68112_a6_em79
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs and Excise
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a6_e57
001-68112_a6_em80
DATETIME
QUASI
between March 1992 and January 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em81
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e58
001-68112_a6_em82
DEM
NO_MASK
English
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e59
001-68112_a6_em83
DATETIME
QUASI
19 October 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e32
001-68112_a6_em84
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a6_e60
001-68112_a6_em85
ORG
NO_MASK
House of Lords
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e1
001-68112_a8_em1
CODE
DIRECT
53741/00
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e2
001-68112_a8_em2
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-68112_a8_e3
001-68112_a8_em3
DEM
NO_MASK
United Kingdom
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e4
001-68112_a8_em4
PERSON
DIRECT
Mr Stephen Alexander Crowther
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e5
001-68112_a8_em5
DATETIME
QUASI
9 February 1999
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e6
001-68112_a8_em6
PERSON
QUASI
Mr P.A. Kealey
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e7
001-68112_a8_em7
LOC
NO_MASK
Londonderry
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e8
001-68112_a8_em8
ORG
NO_MASK
United Kingdom Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e9
001-68112_a8_em9
PERSON
QUASI
Ms E. Willmott
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e10
001-68112_a8_em10
ORG
NO_MASK
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e11
001-68112_a8_em11
DATETIME
QUASI
8 July 2003
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e12
001-68112_a8_em12
DATETIME
QUASI
1946
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e13
001-68112_a8_em13
LOC
QUASI
East Sussex
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e14
001-68112_a8_em14
DATETIME
QUASI
17 May 1990
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e15
001-68112_a8_em15
DATETIME
QUASI
18 December 1990
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e16
001-68112_a8_em16
DATETIME
NO_MASK
week-long
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e17
001-68112_a8_em17
DATETIME
QUASI
21 March 1991
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e18
001-68112_a8_em18
DATETIME
QUASI
six years
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e19
001-68112_a8_em19
QUANTITY
QUASI
GBP 22,000
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e20
001-68112_a8_em20
DATETIME
QUASI
18 months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e21
001-68112_a8_em21
DATETIME
QUASI
21 March 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em22
ORG
NO_MASK
Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em23
ORG
NO_MASK
001-68112_a8_em22
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e23
001-68112_a8_em24
MISC
NO_MASK
Rolex watch
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e24
001-68112_a8_em25
QUANTITY
QUASI
GBP 2,600
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e25
001-68112_a8_em26
DATETIME
QUASI
16 May 1991
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e26
001-68112_a8_em27
ORG
QUASI
Chichester Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e27
001-68112_a8_em28
DATETIME
QUASI
30 September 1991
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em29
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e28
001-68112_a8_em30
DATETIME
QUASI
May 1991
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em31
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e29
001-68112_a8_em32
DATETIME
QUASI
7 November 1991
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e30
001-68112_a8_em33
DATETIME
QUASI
20 March 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e31
001-68112_a8_em34
ORG
NO_MASK
Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em35
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em36
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e32
001-68112_a8_em37
DATETIME
QUASI
23 March 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e33
001-68112_a8_em38
DATETIME
QUASI
8 April 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e31
001-68112_a8_em39
ORG
NO_MASK
Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em40
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e34
001-68112_a8_em41
DATETIME
QUASI
12 August 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em42
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em43
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e35
001-68112_a8_em44
DATETIME
QUASI
22 October 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em45
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e37
001-68112_a8_em46
ORG
NO_MASK
Asset Forfeiture Unit
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e38
001-68112_a8_em47
DATETIME
QUASI
May 1994
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e39
001-68112_a8_em48
DATETIME
QUASI
24 October 1995
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em49
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e31
001-68112_a8_em50
ORG
NO_MASK
Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e40
001-68112_a8_em51
DATETIME
QUASI
27 October 1995
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e41
001-68112_a8_em52
DATETIME
QUASI
23 January 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em53
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e42
001-68112_a8_em54
DATETIME
QUASI
29 February 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em55
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e43
001-68112_a8_em56
DATETIME
QUASI
March 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e22
001-68112_a8_em57
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e44
001-68112_a8_em58
DATETIME
QUASI
May 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e45
001-68112_a8_em59
DATETIME
QUASI
25 June 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e46
001-68112_a8_em60
QUANTITY
QUASI
GBP 17,670
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e47
001-68112_a8_em61
DATETIME
QUASI
10 July 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e48
001-68112_a8_em62
DATETIME
QUASI
seventeen months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e49
001-68112_a8_em63
DATETIME
QUASI
18 November 1997
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em64
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e50
001-68112_a8_em65
DATETIME
QUASI
10 December 1997
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e31
001-68112_a8_em66
ORG
NO_MASK
Magistrates' Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e51
001-68112_a8_em67
DATETIME
QUASI
13 May 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e52
001-68112_a8_em68
DATETIME
QUASI
3 June 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e53
001-68112_a8_em69
DATETIME
QUASI
15 months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e54
001-68112_a8_em70
DATETIME
QUASI
7 August 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em71
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e55
001-68112_a8_em72
DATETIME
QUASI
14 October 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em73
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e56
001-68112_a8_em74
PERSON
QUASI
Lord Justice Brooke
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em75
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e57
001-68112_a8_em76
DATETIME
QUASI
October 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e58
001-68112_a8_em77
DATETIME
QUASI
January 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e59
001-68112_a8_em78
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Justice Sedley
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e60
001-68112_a8_em79
ORG
NO_MASK
Customs and Excise
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-68112_a8_e61
001-68112_a8_em80
DATETIME
QUASI
March 1992
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e58
001-68112_a8_em81
DATETIME
QUASI
January 1996
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em82
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e62
001-68112_a8_em83
DATETIME
QUASI
19 October 1998
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e36
001-68112_a8_em84
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-68112_a8_e63
001-68112_a8_em85
ORG
NO_MASK
House of Lords
Stephen Alexander Crowther
GBR
CHAMBER
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