“…Prior to N, the leading case in the field was D v United Kingdom(1997) 24 EHRR 423 (“D”), an ECtHR case concerning the expulsion of a foreign national in an advanced stage of AIDS and very close to death who (it was found) would receive no co…”
“…[14] The House of Lords considered the decision of the Strasbourg Court in D v United Kingdom (1997) 24 EHRR 423 where the proposed removal of a man to St Kitts was held to violate art 3. In N v United Kingdom 47 EHRR 885, which followed the House of Lords' decision, the …”
“…Lord Hope of Craighead gave the principal speech. He referred to what was then the leading judgment of the ECtHR, in D v United Kingdom (1997) 24 EHRR 423, which also concerned expulsion of a foreign national suffering from AIDS, and a range of other authorities. The claimant in D v United Kingdom was in an advan…”