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Waite v UK

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Waite v UK
   
Issue: Whether failure to have an oral hearing for a recalled life sentence prisoner breached Art 5(4) of the Convention; whether there was a sufficient connection between the reason for the recall and the original sentence to comply with Art 5(1).
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   Appn 53236/99
   
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Judge(s): M Pellonpää (President), Sir N Bratza, A Pastor Ridruejo, E Palm, M Fischbach, J Casadevall, S Pavlovschi
   
Date: 10 December 2002