6.  The applicant was born in 1959 and lives in Nottingham, England. 7.  In 1998 the applicant's local council received complaints about the behaviour of the applicant, and that of her children, from her neighbours, the Davies'. 8.  Following the institution of proceedings against the applicant by the local council for the possession of her home in July 1999 as a result of an alleged assault by her upon Mrs Davies, the applicant agreed to be bound by an undertaking, until 17 April 2000, that she would not harass or cause a nuisance to anyone in her road. 9.  The Davies' made further allegations about the behaviour of the applicant and her family between 9 November 1999 and 18 April 2000, including assertions that eggs had been thrown at their property, excrement had been placed on the door handle of their front door and bleach had been poured into their letterbox. 10.  On 18 April 2000 the local council attached a hidden video camera to the wall to the right of the Davies' front door, which pointed towards the front door of the applicant's home and monitored the space directly in front of her home. 11.  In May 2000 the applicant first became aware of the presence, and location, of the video camera. The local council issued further proceedings against the applicant seeking possession of her home on the grounds, inter alia, that she had broken an obligation of her tenancy and/or was causing a nuisance. The applicant either denied or did not admit the incidents alleged against her. 12.  On 31 May 2000 the applicant gave an undertaking to the court promising not to assault or cause a nuisance to the Davies', and neither to trespass upon their land, nor to permit her children and/or visitors to her home to do so. As a result of the applicant complying with that undertaking, the possession proceedings were adjourned generally in or after September 2000. No possession of the applicant's home ever, in fact, took place. 13.  By letter of 4 September 2000 the local council confirmed to the applicant that no further covert surveillance would be undertaken on her property and that the tapes of the surveillance undertaken to date had already been destroyed and disposed of. No surveillance took place thereafter. 14.  No video surveillance was ever directed at the Davies' home.