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Criminal law [2026] PBRA 59

Allanson, Application for Reconsideration

Allanson, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 59 (16 March 2026)

The Parole Board refused Allanson’s reconsideration application, holding that the refusal to direct release was neither irrational nor legally flawed.

  • Parole
  • Reconsideration
  • Irrationality
  • Error of law
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Error-of-law
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Criminal law [2026] PBRA 11

Sosi, Application for Reconsideration

Sosi, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 11 (08 January 2026)

The Parole Board refused an IPP prisoner’s application to reconsider a refusal to direct release, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law.

  • Parole
  • Reconsideration
  • Irrationality
  • Procedural fairness
  • Error of law
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
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Criminal law [2025] EWCA Crim 1657

Jenkins v R.

Jenkins v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 1657 (18 December 2025)

Appeal against an IPP sentence allowed on fresh psychiatric evidence; the sentence was quashed and replaced with a section 37/41 hospital order.

  • Sentencing
  • Hospital orders
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Mental health act 1983
  • Appeals
  • Fresh evidence
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Criminal law

Jamie Jenkins v R

The Court of Appeal replaced Jamie Jenkins’s 2009 IPP sentence with a hospital order and restriction order after fresh psychiatric evidence showed chronic relapsing schizophrenia.

  • Sentencing
  • Hospital orders
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Mental health act 1983
  • Appeals
  • Fresh evidence
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Criminal law [2025] PBRA 105

Hardaker, Application for Reconsideration

Hardaker, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 105 (16 May 2025)

The Parole Board refused reconsideration of a no-release decision for an IPP prisoner, finding no irrationality in the panel’s risk assessment.

  • Parole
  • Irrationality (wednesbury unreasonableness)
  • Recall to prison
  • Risk assessment
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Wednesbury-unreasonableness
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Criminal law [2024] PBRA 255

Aziz, Application for Reconsideration by,

Aziz, Application for Reconsideration by, [2024] PBRA 255 (20 December 2024)

The Parole Board refused Aziz’s application to reconsider a decision not to direct his release, finding no irrationality or procedural unfairness.

  • Parole
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural-fairness
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Criminal law [2024] PBRA 98

Bowen, Application for Reconsideration

Bowen, Application for Reconsideration [2024] PBRA 98 (24 June 2024)

The Parole Board granted reconsideration of a paper refusal to release a post-tariff IPP prisoner, finding procedural unfairness from an inadequate dossier and the refusal of an oral hearing.

  • Parole
  • Procedural fairness
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Oral hearings
  • Judicial review
  • Parole-board
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Criminal law [2024] PBRA 10

Walford, Application for Reconsideration by

Walford, Application for Reconsideration by [2024] PBRA 10 (09 January 2024)

The Parole Board refused Walford’s application for reconsideration of a decision not to direct his release, finding no irrationality or procedural unfairness.

  • Parole board reconsideration
  • Irrationality
  • Procedural fairness
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Parole-board-reconsideration
  • Procedural-fairness
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Criminal law [2023] PBRA 202

Bradbury, Application for Reconsideration

Bradbury, Application for Reconsideration [2023] PBRA 202 (28 November 2023)

The Parole Board dismissed Bradbury’s reconsideration application, finding no realistic prospect of licence termination without supervision and no procedural unfairness.

  • Parole
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Licence termination
  • Procedural fairness
  • Judicial review standards
  • Parole-board
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Criminal law [2023] PBRA 153

Brennan, Application for Reconsideration

Brennan, Application for Reconsideration [2023] PBRA 153 (06 September 2023)

The Parole Board reconsideration application succeeded after the panel was found to have attached disproportionate weight to recent prison incidents.

  • Parole
  • Indeterminate sentences for public protection (ipp)
  • Judicial review standards
  • Procedural fairness
  • Risk assessment
  • Ipp-sentences
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