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R (Hammond) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Hammond) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether the failure to allow an oral hearing as part of the process for setting the tariff of an existing mandatory life sentence prisoner was compatible with Art 6.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2005] UKHL 69
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Hoffmann, Rodger, Carswell and Brown
   
Date: 1 December 2005