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Waller and Vale v UK

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Waller and Vale v UK
   
Issue: Whether there was discriminatory treatment of discretionary life sentence prisoners as they could not apply to have their tariffs reduced on account of progress in custody.
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   Appn 54656/00 and Appn 61061/00
   
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Judge(s): G Ress (President), Sir N Bratza, L Caflisch, P Kuris, R Turmen, J Hedigan, HS Greve
   
Date: 30 January 2003