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Criminal law [2026] PBRA 93

Foran, Application for Reconsideration

Foran, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 93 (28 April 2026)

The Parole Board refused Foran’s application for reconsideration of a release decision, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law.

  • Parole board reconsideration
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality
  • Error of law
  • Licence conditions
  • Dangerous driving
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Criminal law [2026] PBRA 78

Aslam, Application for Reconsideration

Aslam, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 78 (14 April 2026)

The Parole Board refused Aslam’s reconsideration application, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law in the panel’s refusal to direct release.

  • Parole
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality
  • Error of law
  • Risk assessment
  • Sexual offences
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Criminal law [2025] PBRA 263

Caines, Application for Reconsideration by the Secretary of State for Justice

Caines, Application for Reconsideration by the Secretary of State for Justice [2025] PBRA 263 (05 December 2025)

The Parole Board refused the Secretary of State’s reconsideration application, holding that the release direction for Caines was not irrational and involved no legal or procedural error.

  • Parole
  • Life imprisonment
  • Recall to prison
  • Risk assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality
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Criminal law [2025] PBRA 260

Meadley, Application for Reconsideration

Meadley, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 260 (28 November 2025)

The Parole Board refused Meadley’s reconsideration application, holding that the panel’s no-release decision was neither irrational nor procedurally unfair.

  • Parole
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality
  • Risk assessment
  • Recall to prison
  • Procedural-fairness
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Criminal law

Cole Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice

The prohibition in s.250(5A) CJA on imposing additional licence conditions without Parole Board direction applies only where release is at the direction of the Parole Board under s.250(5B); where the Secretary of State releases an EDS prisoner at the end of the custodial term without Parole Board involvement, the Secretary of State may lawfully impose additional licence conditions. The claimants' recall and the imposition of additional licence conditions were lawful. All claims based on the contrary interpretation, or on alleged breaches of the ECHR or Data Protection Act arising from that pr…

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Prisoner release and licence conditions
  • Recall to prison
  • False imprisonment
  • Article 5 echr
  • Article 8 echr
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Criminal law [2025] EWHC 3007 (KB)

Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice

Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 3007 (KB) (17 November 2025)

The High Court held that post-2022 s.250 CJA restrictions on additional licence conditions apply only where the Parole Board directs release.

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Prisoner release on licence
  • Licence conditions
  • Recall to prison
  • False imprisonment
  • Article 5 echr
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Criminal law [2025] PBRA 174

Williams, Application for Reconsideration

Williams, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 174 (22 August 2025)

The Parole Board allowed Williams’s reconsideration application, finding the panel’s refusal to direct re-release after recall was irrational.

  • Parole
  • Recall to prison
  • Irrationality in decision-making
  • Judicial review standards
  • Parole-board
  • Recall-to-prison
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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 [2025] PBRA 97

Sturnham, Application for Reconsideration

Sturnham, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 97 (13 May 2025)

The Parole Board refused reconsideration of a decision not to direct Sturnham’s release, finding the panel’s risk assessment rational and adequately reasoned.

  • Parole
  • Recall to prison
  • Risk assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Irrationality in decision-making
  • Parole-board
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Criminal law

R v Victoria Sked & Ors

The Court of Appeal considered whether sentences for prison-contraband conspiracy were unduly lenient, adjusting some sentences for delay, recall, and mitigation.

  • Sentencing
  • Conspiracy
  • Prison contraband
  • Delay in proceedings
  • Recall to prison
  • Mitigation
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