Satellite Dishes - A Human Right?

Issue

A 2008 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights ("the ECtHR") has found Sweden to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights ("the Convention") for upholding a landlord's right to take court action forcing a tenant to remove a satellite dish, thus suggesting that tenants may have a human right to information and news even if it can only be received via a satellite dish.

This decision is, however, not binding on the UK courts although it should be taken into account. It is unlikely to mean that any tenant who wishes can install a satellite dish regardless of the services already supplied by the landlord or the character of the building in which they live.