R (Youngsam) v Parole Board

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoner’s rights — Release on licence — Claimant sentenced to determinate sentence — Claimant released on licence — Claimant recalled to prison for breach of licence conditions — Delay in conducting proceedings to consider lawfulness of detention — Whether delay unlawful — Whether breach of claimant’s Convention right to liberty — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5

[2017] EWHC 729 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 2848; [2018] 1 All ER 800; [2017] WLR (D) 261, QBD

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Ratio decidendi — Whether binding — Observations on identifying ratio decidendi of judicial decision

[2019] EWCA Civ 229; [2020] QB 387; [2019] 3 WLR 33; [2019] 3 All ER 954; [2019] WLR (D) 121, CA

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Prisoner serving determinate sentence released on licence but subsequently recalled for breach of licence conditions — Delay by Parole Board in determining lawfulness of detention — Whether delay unlawful — Whether breach of prisoner’s Convention right to liberty — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5.4

[2019] EWCA Civ 229; [2020] QB 387; [2019] 3 WLR 33; [2019] 3 All ER 954; [2019] WLR (D) 121, CA

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