[2009] EWHC 13 (Admin)

A former prison governor and prison service area manager was not sufficiently independent to undertake an investigation into the treatment of a young offender during her detention as in the past he had been closely concerned with the policy areas upon which he was being asked to formulate recommendations in the investigation and he had previously had a social acquaintanceship with a possible witness.

QBD (Admin) (Pitchford J)

19/01/2009