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R (On the Application of Mellor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether the Home Secretary’s refusal of a prisoner’s request to provide a sample of semen at his expense for the purpose of artificially inseminating his wife breached Arts 8 and/or 12 European Convention. | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
C/2000/2869 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2001] ECWA Civ 472 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lord Phillips MR, Peter Gibson and Latham LJJ | 
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| Date:  | 
4 April 2001 |