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R (Clift) v Home Secretary; R (Hindawi and Headley) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Clift) v Home Secretary; R (Hindawi and Headley) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether the Home Secretary’s power to decide the release of those serving 15 years or more breached Arts 5 and 14 ECHR; whether it was lawful to discriminate between prisoners who subject to a deportation order with those who were not in respect of early release on parole.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2006] UKHL 54
   
Judge(s): Lord Bingham, Lord Hope, Baroness Hale, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown
   
Date: 13 December 2006