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Flynn and Others v HM Advocate

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
Flynn and Others v HM Advocate
   
Issue: Whether factors arising since the date of sentence could be taken into account when the High Court of Justiciary set the punitive part of the sentence of existing mandatory lifers in Scotland.
   
Court: Privy Council
   
Reference:   DRA Nos 1-4 of 2003
   
Neutral Citation:   [2004] UKPC D1
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Hope, Rodger, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell
   
Date: 18 March 2004