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Duggan v Governor of Full Sutton Prison and Another: ChD 28 Feb 2003

On reception into prison, the prison took cash from the claimant which was returned on his release. He claimed that it should have been invested. Held: The credit of the receipt into the books of the prison created only a debt as between the prison and prisoner. No trust was created. What was taken was … Continue reading Duggan v Governor of Full Sutton Prison and Another: ChD 28 Feb 2003

Regina (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison: QBD 3 Apr 2009

The prisoner complained that his mobile phone having been confiscated, the governor had sought its destruction. Held: It was not open to the governor to destroy the prisoner’s property. The decision in Duggan made the governor’s interpretation of rule 43 unsustainable. Judges: Dobbs J Citations: [2009] EWHC 1005 (Admin), Times 23-Apr-2009 Links: Bailii Statutes: Prison … Continue reading Regina (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison: QBD 3 Apr 2009

Duggan v Governor of Full Sutton Prison and Another: CA 10 Feb 2004

The prisoner had money removed and kept for him on entry to prison. Upon release he claimed that the money had been held in trust, and should have been invested for some return. He appealed a finding that the money had been held simply as a debt with no duty to invest it. Held: The … Continue reading Duggan v Governor of Full Sutton Prison and Another: CA 10 Feb 2004

Tangney v The Governor of HMP Elmley and Another: CA 29 Jul 2005

The claimant was a serving a life sentence. During prison disciplinary proceedings he was refused legal and other assistance, and an outside tribunal on the basis that since any finding would not lead to any loss of remission or extra time, his rights to a fairtrial were not engaged. Held: The prisoner’s appeal was dismissed. … Continue reading Tangney v The Governor of HMP Elmley and Another: CA 29 Jul 2005

Nilsen, Regina (on the Application of) v Governor of HMP Full Sutton and Another: Admn 19 Dec 2003

The prisoner complained that having written an autobiography, the manuscript materials had been withheld, and that this interfered with his rights of freedom of expression. Held: Such an action by the prison authorities was not incompatible with the prisoner’s rights. The materials were not privileged, but were intended for publication contrary to the standing orders. … Continue reading Nilsen, Regina (on the Application of) v Governor of HMP Full Sutton and Another: Admn 19 Dec 2003

Regina (P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Regina (Q) v Same: QBD 1 Jun 2001

The Prison Service’s policy of refusing to allow children over the age of eighteen months to stay with their mother in prison was lawful. The impairment of family life was an inevitable and inherent part of the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment. The policy was to designed allow for the protection of children’s interests … Continue reading Regina (P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Regina (Q) v Same: QBD 1 Jun 2001

Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Others, Ex Parte Russell: QBD 31 Aug 2000

An order by a prison governor that a prisoner must submit to a random drug test depended for its lawfulness upon the selection being genuinely random. The order to submit and the order to attend for the test could not be separated. Although in fact the repeated selection of the prisoner, whilst genuinely random, had … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Others, Ex Parte Russell: QBD 31 Aug 2000