The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2020] QB 387
Court of Appeal
Regina (Youngsam)
v
Parole Board
[2019] EWCA Civ 229
2018 Dec 13; 2019 Feb 27
Leggatt, Haddon-Cave, Nicola Davies LJJ
Prisons— Prisoners’ rights— Release on licence— Prisoner serving determinate sentence released on licence but subsequently recalled for breach of licence conditions— Delay by Parole Board in determining lawfulness of detention— Whether delay unlawful— Whether breach of prisoner’s Convention right to liberty—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5.4
Judicial precedent— Ratio decidendi— Whether binding— Observations on identifying ratio decidendi of judicial decision