| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2010] All ER (D) 75 (Jan) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWHC 1124 (Admin) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) |
| Judge: | Mitting J |
| Representation | Phillippa Kaufmann (instructed by Prisoners' Advice Service) for the claimant. |
| Tim Buley (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 1 May 2009 |
Catchwords
Prison - Prisoner - Management and treatment of prisoners - Transfer to close supervision centre (CSC) - Claimant prisoner involved in serious incident within prison estate - Committee deciding claimant not suitable for transfer to CSC notwithstanding seriousness of incident - Director of High Security not ratifying decision until results of internal prison investigation made known - Committee reversing initial decision following production of internal investigation report - Whether Director having power to overturn committee decision - Whether latter decision of committee irrational.
The Case
Prison Prisoner. The Administrative Court held, in dismissing the instant judicial review, that an initial decision made by a committee concerned with 'close supervision centres' (CSCs) was not unimpeachable, that the Director of High Security had power to overturn that decision, and that the decision of the committee at a later date to recommend the claimant's transfer to a CSC unit was not irrational.
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