The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1999] 2 AC 38
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
REGINA v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, Ex parte STAFFORD
1998 June 29,
30;
July 23
July 23
Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Steyn and Lord Clyde
Prisons
— Prisoner's rights
— Release on licence
— Mandatory life sentence prisoner
— Prisoner committing non-violent offences while released on licence
— Expiry of punitive element of sentence and risk of violent re-offending assessed as minimal
— Secretary of State refusing to direct release
— Whether refusal unlawful
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Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 35(2)