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R (Chester) v Governor of HMP Wakefield

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Chester) v Governor of HMP Wakefield
   
Issue: Whether a policy of opening legal correspondence to check for illicit enclosures if the envelopes were hand-written was ultra vires or disproportionate.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/5133/2009
   
Neutral Citation:   [2010] EWHC 63 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Foskett J
   
Date: 22 January 2010