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R v (1) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2) PAROLE BOARD, EX PARTE LEO ROBERT NOORKOIV (2002)

PUBLISHED May 30, 2002
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[2002] EWCA Civ 770

The present arrangements for a parole board hearing after the expiry of a tariff period for prisoners serving discretionary or automatic life sentences infringed Art.5(4) European Convention on Human Rights. References to the parole board should be made before the end of the tariff period.

CA (Civ Div) (Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ, Simon Brown LJ, Buxton LJ)

30/05/2002

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