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Quinland v Governor HMP Belmarsh and Lord Chancellor’s Department

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Quinland v Governor HMP Belmarsh and Lord Chancellor’s Department
   
Issue: Whether a prisoner could claim against the prison governor where the warrant of committal was based on an arithmetical error; whether he could sue the Criminal Appeals Office for failing to resolve the mistake in a timely fashion.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B1/2001/1817CCRTI
   
Neutral Citation:   [2002] EWCA Civ 174
   
Judge(s): Kennedy, Clarke and Hale LJJ
   
Date: 19 February 2002