Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 35 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWHC 635 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (Manchester)
Judge:

Judge Raynor QC sitting as a judge of the High Court
Representation Anisa Niaz for the claimant.
  Ian Ponter for the Secretary of State.
Judgment Dates: 26 January 2010

Catchwords

Prison - Prisoner - Recategorisation - Change of decision - Claimant held as 'Category B' prisoner - Head of Offender Management of prison (L) deciding that claimant should be recategorised as 'Category C' prisoner - L deciding a year later that claimant should remain in Category B - Whether later decision irrational and unlawful.

The Case

Prison Prisoner. The Administrative Court held that the decision of L, the Head of Offender Management at HMP Frankland, that the claimant should remain as a 'Category B' prisoner, where, only a year earlier, L had decided that the claimant should be recategorised to 'Category C', was not irrational or unlawful. The decision under challenge was adjudged to be unimpeachable.

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