| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 69 (Sep) |
| Court: | Administrative Court |
| Judge: | Harrison J |
| Judgment Dates: | 24 September 2001 |
Catchwords
Judicial review - Application for judicial review - Applicant seeking to challenge decision refusing visits - Whether decision or policy ultra vires - Whether decision or policy breaching European Convention on Human Rights, art 8.
The Case
By the judicial review of a decision of the Governor of HMP Wakefield to refuse to allow the claimant to receive visits from his nephew, the court held that the decision to refuse visits to the claimant was not an irrational one and further that art8 of the European Convention on Human Rights had not been breached.
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