Index card R (Austin) v Parole Board

R (Austin) v Parole Board

Hearings

England & Wales

17 Jan 2022 [2022] EWHC 63 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 2489; [2022] WLR(D) 35, QBD (Spencer J)

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Parole Board decision — Parole Board policy of giving prisoner opportunity to comment on summary of reasons for Parole Board’s decision before publication — Protocol to policy allowing prisoner’s legal representative to receive full reasons and summary two hours ahead of publication on undertaking not to discuss contents with prisoner or anyone else before publication — Whether protocol unlawful — Whether outwith Parole Board’s statutory powers — Whether procedurally unfair — Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44), Sch 19, para 1(2) — Parole Board Rules 2019 (SI 2019/1038), r 27

[2022] EWHC 63 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 2489; [2022] WLR(D) 35, QBD

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