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R (Hammond) v Home Secretary  | 
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| 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. | 
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| Court:  | 
House of Lords | 
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| Reference:    | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2005] UKHL 69 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lords Bingham, Hoffmann, Rodger, Carswell and Brown | 
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| Date:  | 
1 December 2005 |