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R (Akhtar) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Akhtar) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether the Home Secretary could use his powers to recall to prison a prisoner released on licence if a court had ordered the return to prison of the prisoner following conviction for an offence committed on licence.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/4626/2000
   
Neutral Citation:   [2001] EWHC Admin 38
   
Judge(s): Woolf LCJ, Newman J
   
Date: 30 January 2001