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R (Payne) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
R (Payne) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether the policy of not considering life sentence prisoners for transfer to open conditions until 3-3½ years before tariff expiry, save in exceptional circumstances, was lawful; whether the case was exceptional.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/2907/2003
   
Neutral Citation:   [2004] EWHC 581 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Moses J
   
Date: 1 March 2004