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R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether s8 European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 and s3 Representation of the People Act 1983 could be read so as to require a judicial decision before any serving prisoners was disenfranchised, in order to comply with Art 3 of Protocol 1 to the ECHR; whether a declaration of incompatibility should be granted; whether any statutory amendment had to require a judicial decision before disenfranchisement. | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
C1/2010/0177 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2010] EWCA Civ 1439 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lord Neuberger MR, Laws and Carnwath LJJ | 
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| Date:  | 
17 December 2010 |