The UK Court of Appeal has held that the requirement under the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) that, so far as it is possible to do so, legislation be interpreted and applied compatibly with human rights required that legislation which, on its natural meaning imposed a burden on defendants to establish their innocence, be read in such a way as to impose this substantive obligation on the prosecution.
Detailed case note.
Found in 2007, Comparative Domestic, s32 - Interpretation, Select International and Comparative Caselaw, UK Court or Tribunal
