R (Kelly) v Secretary of State for Justice

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Long-term prisoners re-released following release on licence and recall — Whether re-release unconditional or on licence — Criminal Justice Act 1991, s 33(3) (as amended by Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ss 104(1), 119, Sch 8, para 80(1)(a)(b)) — Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No 8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005, Sch 2, para 23 (1)(b)

[2008] EWCA Civ 177; [2009] QB 204; [2008] 3 WLR 1044; [2008] 3 All ER 844, CA

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Construction — Obvious drafting error — Penal provision — Secretary of State making Order commencing statute and containing transitional provisions for early release of prisoners convicted of offences committed before statute coming into force — Provision apparently providing for unconditional early release of certain prisoners — Whether obvious drafting error — Whether permissible to construe Order purposively so as to correct error — Criminal Justice Act 1991, s 33(3) (as amended by Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ss 104(1), 119, Sch 8, para 80(1)(a)(b)) — Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No 8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005, Sch 2, para 23 (1)(b)

[2008] EWCA Civ 177; [2009] QB 204; [2008] 3 WLR 1044; [2008] 3 All ER 844, CA

Appellate History