Claimant prisoner challenged the decision of the Defendant to maintain the Claimant’s ERC within Category A conditions as High on the basis that it was a decision that was unlawful because it was reached by an unfair procedure and/or was unreasonable; and/or was disproportionate to his Article 8 rights and/or because no proper reasons were given.
Held: Fairness required in the first instance only a decision supported by reasons in sufficient detail to enable the prisoner concerned to decide whether a worthwhile challenge to the decision can be made.
Judges:
HH Judge Pelling QC
Citations:
[2009] EWHC 1732 (Admin), [2010] 2 All ER 82
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Prisons, Human Rights
Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.374730
