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R (Bates) v Parole Board

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Bates) v Parole Board
   
Issue: Whether a decision not to recommend the transfer of a life-sentence prisoner to open conditions was lawful; whether there was apparent bias.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/10642/2007
   
Neutral Citation:   [2008] EWHC 2653 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Frances Patterson QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge)
   
Date: 7 October 2008