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R (Black) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Black) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether Art 5(4) ECHR applied to the release on parole of a very long-term determinate sentence prisoner.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2009] UKHL 1
   
Judge(s): Lord Phillips, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown
   
Date: 21 January 2009