FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application no. 39561/98

by Michael ASHWORTH and Others

against the United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 20 January 2004 as a Chamber composed of

Mr M. Pellonpää, President,

Sir Nicolas Bratza,

Mr J. Casadevall,

Mr R. Maruste,

Mr S. Pavlovschi,

Mr J. Borrego Borrego,

Mrs E. Fura-Sandström, judges,

and Mr M. O'Boyle, Section Registrar,