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R (Faulkner) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Faulkner) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether a delay of more than a year between reviews of the detention of a life sentence prisoner by the Parole Board was lawful; whether the prisoner should have been allowed to make representations on a psychology report used in deciding whether to accept a Parole Board recommendation for transfer to open conditions.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/9480/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 563 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Lloyd Jones J
   
Date: 8 February 2006