Hearings
England & Wales
21 Nov 2003 [2003] EWHC 2797 (Admin), DC (Kennedy LJ, Mackay J)
11 Feb 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 99; [2004] QB 1341; [2004] 3 WLR 341, CA
28 Jul 2005 [2005] UKHL 52; [2006] 1 AC 245; [2005] 3 WLR 422; [2006] 1 All ER 421, HL(E)
R (Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Subject Matter
PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Child offender convicted of murder — Detention during Her Majesty's pleasure — Tariff to be served before release on licence considered — Secretary of State fixing tariff period following recommendation of Lord Chief Justice — Whether prisoner entitled to oral hearing before Lord Chief Justice — Whether lack of oral hearing breaching Convention right to fair trial — Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (as amended by Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, s 1(5) and Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 72(4), Sch 6), ss 44(1), 53(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1)
[2004] EWCA Civ 99; [2004] QB 1341; [2004] 3 WLR 341, CA
[2005] UKHL 52; [2006] 1 AC 245; [2005] 3 WLR 422; [2006] 1 All ER 421, HL(E)
Appellate History
R (Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWHC 2797 (Admin), DC
Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed
R (Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 99; [2004] QB 1341; [2004] 3 WLR 341, CA
R (Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 99; [2004] QB 1341; [2004] 3 WLR 341, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
R (Dudson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 52; [2006] 1 AC 245; [2005] 3 WLR 422; [2006] 1 All ER 421, HL(E)
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Grounds of Judicial Review - Right to a fair hearing
77.26