The Right to a Fair Hearing

 

Blackstone Commentaries on the Laws of England 1765-1769

The concept of fairness is deeply rooted in the common law .The right to a fair trial is protected by statute  rules of court and common law principles that uphold fundamental constitutional rights The right to a fair trial has been described  as near to an absolute right as any which could be envisaged Whether this is the right to an impartial court, the right to be heard or indeed the elementary access of rights of access to the courts these and other similar rights have for centuries found expression in case law and the rights of procedure However these statutory and common law safeguards are procedural fairness are now overlaid with the right to a far trial established by Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights