| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2006] All ER (D) 233 (Jan) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) |
| Judge: | Goldring J |
| Representation | Flo Krause (instructed by Scott-Moncrieff Harbour & Sinclair) for the claimant. |
| Charles Bourne (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 30 January 2006 |
Catchwords
Prison - Prisoner - Release on licence - Acquittal of further offence - Revocation of licence - Parole Board declining to order re-release of prisoner - Whether decision disproportionate and/or irrational.
The Case
In the circumstances, the first defendant parole board's decision to decline to direct the claimant's release, following his recall to prison and revocation of his life licence by the second defendant Secretary of State, had been neither disproportionate nor irrational and had been within its discretion.
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