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R (AB) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice and (2) Governor HMP Manchester

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (AB) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice and (2) Governor HMP Manchester
   
Issue: Whether the failure to move from the male prison estate a pre-operative transgender female prisoner after she had been granted a certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was in breach of Arts 8 and/or 14 ECHR and/or irrational.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/9490/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 2220
   
Judge(s): David Elvin QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)
   
Date: 4 September 2009