Index card R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte H

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte H

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Jul 1994 [1995] QB 43; [1994] 3 WLR 1110; [1995] 1 All ER 479, CA

18 May 1995 (pet dis) [1995] 1 WLR 830, HL(E)

13 Feb 1995 (pet dis) [1995] 1 WLR 385, HL(E)

Additional names

H, Ex parte

Hickey, Ex parte

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Prisoner serving life sentence transferred to mental hospital — Secretary of State refusing to certify for review or refer case to Parole Board — Whether “life prisoner” whilst detained in mental hospital — Whether right to consideration for release on licence conferred on mental patients — Whether Secretary of State entitled to await outcome of mental health review tribunal hearing before deciding whether to release on licence — Mental Health Act 1983, s 50(1) — Criminal Justice Act 1991, ss 34, 35(2), Sch 12, para 9

[1995] QB 43; [1994] 3 WLR 1110

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