The claimant challenged a decision by the defendant, that he should remain a Category A prisoner. He was serving a sentence of life imprisonment, his minimum term had expired and he was detained in a Protected Witness Unit. These factors, he contended, mean that the Secretary of State erred by failing to hold an oral hearing when determining his categorisation.
Held: There should have been an oral hearing in the particular circumstances of the claimant’s case.
Cranston J
[2008] EWHC 2590 (Admin)
Bailii
England and Wales
Prisons
Updated: 23 January 2022; Ref: scu.569942
