AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
The European Convention Articles
Detention under Article 5.1(a) to (c)
- 3 things to know
- Paper 3
Overview
Recall questions on detention after conviction by a competent court, detention under Article 5.1(b) for breach of a court order or legal obligation, the grounds in Article 5.1(c), lawfulness and reasonable suspicion.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What is the first ground for lawful arrest or detention under Article 5.1(c)?
Under Article 5.1(a), what is the fundamental requirement regarding the legality of detention after conviction?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What type of body must issue the conviction for detention to be justified under Article 5.1(a)?
Model answer
The conviction must be by a competent court.
- 2
What relationship must exist between a conviction and subsequent detention for Article 5.1(a) to apply?
Model answer
There must be a sufficient causal connection between the conviction and the detention.
- 3
Explain why a person detained years after their sentence has expired might argue a breach of Article 5.1(a).
Model answer
Because there would no longer be a sufficient causal connection between the original conviction and the continued detention.
- 4
What is the first ground for detention permitted under Article 5.1(b)?
Model answer
Detention for non-compliance with the lawful order of a court.
- 5
Besides non-compliance with a court order, what other purpose justifies detention under Article 5.1(b)?
Model answer
Detention to secure the fulfilment of any obligation prescribed by law.
- 6
Why would detention to enforce a general duty to obey the law not satisfy Article 5.1(b)?
Model answer
Because the obligation prescribed by law must be specific and concrete, not a general duty to obey the law.
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