R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Walsh

Additional names

Walsh, Ex parte

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prison governor — Whether decision open to judicial review — Applicant remanded in custody — Justices remanding applicant on bail in respect of other charges — Prison governor's failure to produce applicant before justices on remand dates — Whether prison governor and Secretary of State having duty to arrange that applicant surrenders to bail — Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, s 128(1)(b) — Criminal Justice Act 1961, s 29(1)

[1984] QB 392; [1985] AC 154; [1984] 2 WLR 217; [1984] 3 WLR 205

Appellate History

R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Walsh [1984] QB 392; [1984] 2 WLR 217; [1984] 1 All ER 344, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed

R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Walsh [1985] AC 154; [1984] 3 WLR 205; [1984] 2 All ER 609; 80 Cr App R 186, HL(E)

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