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Fossett, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 49 (27 February 2026)
The Parole Board refused reconsideration of a decision to deny release but recommend open conditions, finding no fundamental mistake of fact or irrationality.
Wood, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 224 (30 October 2025)
The Parole Board refused Wood’s application for reconsideration, finding no procedural unfairness or irrationality in the panel’s decision not to direct release.
Procedural fairness required an oral hearing to examine disputed new material central to the Secretary of State's decision; failure to provide such a hearing rendered the decision unlawful.
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Senior, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 95 (09 May 2025)
The Parole Board refused Senior’s reconsideration application, finding no irrationality or procedural unfairness in the paper decision not to direct release.
Cable, Application for Reconsideration [2025] PBRA 90 (08 May 2025)
The Parole Board refused Cable’s reconsideration application, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law in the panel’s refusal to direct release.
Middleton, Application for Reconsideration [2024] PBRA 210 (29 October 2024)
The Parole Board refused Middleton’s reconsideration application, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law in a decision to defer release.
The Secretary of State's decision to refuse the Parole Board's recommendation was not irrational, did not fail to take into account relevant considerations, did not breach the Tameside duty, and was not procedurally unfair, as the oral evidence did not materially differ from the written reports and the evaluative judgment was within the Secretary of State's discretion.
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Thorpe, Application for Reconsideration by, [2024] PBRA 185 (27 September 2024) -
The Parole Board refused Thorpe’s reconsideration application, holding that refusal to recommend open conditions was not eligible and the panel was not irrational or unfair.
Sherriff, Application for Reconsideration [2024] PBRA 158 (21 August 2024)
The Parole Board refused Sherriff’s application for reconsideration, finding no irrationality or procedural unfairness in the panel’s refusal to direct release or open conditions.
The High Court upheld the Secretary of State’s refusal to follow a Parole Board recommendation to transfer an indeterminate sentence prisoner to open conditions.
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