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In re McClean

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
In re McClean
   
Issue: Whether there was a burden of proof, and if so on whom it lay, in relation to a precondition for release that a life sentence prisoner not be a danger to the public if released immediately; whether the use of intelligence information not revealed to the prisoner except in gist form meant that the proceedings were unfair when the decision-maker expressly averred that the material was not relied upon in reaching a decision adverse to the prisoner.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2005] UKHL 46
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Scott, Rodger, Carswell and Brown
   
Date: 7 July 2005