Hearings
England & Wales
19 Mar 1981 [1981] 1 WLR 754; [1981] 2 All ER 842; [1982] 2 All ER 842, CA
Payne v Lord Harris of Greenwich
Subject Matter
NATURAL JUSTICE — Statutory board — Duty to be fair — Parole Board and local review committee of prison — Whether obliged to give reasons for refusal of release on licence of prisoner
PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Application for release — Recommendations to Secretary of State by Parole Board and local review committee of prison — Refusal to release on licence — Whether prisoner entitled to be given reasons for refusal — Criminal Justice Act 1967, ss 59, 62