The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 2489
Queen’s Bench Division
*Regina (Austin) v Parole Board
[2022] EWHC 63 (Admin)
2021 Oct 26; 2022 Jan 17
Spencer J
Prisons— Prisoners’ rights— Parole Board decision— Parole Board policy of giving prisoner opportunity to comment on summary of reasons for Parole Board’s decision before publication— Protocol to policy allowing prisoner’s legal representative to receive full reasons and summary two hours ahead of publication on undertaking not to discuss contents with prisoner or anyone else before publication— Whether protocol unlawful— Whether outwith Parole Board’s statutory powers— Whether procedurally unfair—
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44), Sch 19, para 1(2)[1]
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Parole Board Rules 2019 (SI 2019/1038), r 27[2]