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Public law [2024] NICA 20

Frane v Probation Board of Northern Ireland & Anor

Frane v Probation Board of Northern Ireland & Anor [2024] NICA 20 (21 March 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed a prison-law judicial review appeal as unprosecuted, academic, and incoherently pleaded.

  • Article 5 echr
  • Duty of public authorities
  • Judicial review
  • Parole recommendations
  • Temporary release
  • Pre-release testing
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 123

Santos, Re Application for Judicial Review

Santos, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 123 (21 December 2023)

The High Court granted leave for judicial review, limited to whether the Prison Service misinterpreted the 2023 transition leave scheme by treating the application as too early.

  • Temporary release
  • Transition leave scheme
  • Article 8 echr
  • Policy discretion
  • Misinterpretation of scheme
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 136

Gerard Stokes, Re Application for Judicial Review

Gerard Stokes, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 136 (12 December 2023)

The High Court quashed a prison decision affecting a prisoner’s prerelease testing, finding the process procedurally unfair because he was not properly informed or given a meaningful chance to respond.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Temporary release
  • Article 8 echr
  • Prison management
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Prison-law
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 108

Frane, Re Application for Judicial Review

Frane, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 108 (15 November 2023)

The High Court held that continuing Shane Frane’s PRT suspension and PREPS demotion after 2 November 2022 was unlawful for failure to consider material factors and because the process was procedurally unfair.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Material considerations
  • Temporary release
  • Prison discipline
  • Article 5 echr
  • Judicial-review
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Constitutional law [2022] NIQB 8

Heaney, Re Application for Judicial Review

Heaney, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 8 (07 February 2022)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a challenge to Northern Ireland terrorism sentencing changes. The court held the applicant’s new arguments belonged in the criminal appeal.

  • Article 7 echr
  • Human rights act 1998
  • Judicial review
  • Parliamentary sovereignty
  • Sentencing
  • Terrorism offences
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Administrative law [2011] NICA 39

Davidson, Re Judicial Review

Davidson, Re Judicial Review [2011] NICA 39 (6 September 2011)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed a judicial review appeal over cancellation of temporary home leave, holding that procedural fairness was satisfied despite limited disclosure.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Temporary release
  • Risk assessment
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2005] NIQB 1

Swift, Re an Application for Judicial Review

Swift, Re an Application for Judicial Review [2005] NIQB 1 (07 January 2005)

The High Court dismissed a prisoner's judicial review of refusal of home leave for a First Holy Communion, holding there was no procedural unfairness in the security assessment.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Temporary release
  • Prisoner rights
  • Security assessment
  • Article 8 echr
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2003] NIQB 81

McCabe, Re Judicial Review

McCabe, Re Judicial Review [2003] NIQB 81 (7 July 2003)

Judicial review by a life prisoner challenging his return to custody and continued detention after breach of a pre-release scheme was dismissed.

  • Life sentences
  • Temporary release
  • Judicial review
  • Article 5 echr
  • Detention lawfulness
  • Prisoner rights
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Prison law [2003] NIQB 3

McGuinness, Re

McGuinness, Re [2003] NIQB 3 (06 January 2003)

The High Court held that the Prison Service could consider the prisoner's earliest release date when deciding temporary release under rule 27 and dismissed judicial review.

  • Temporary release
  • Home leave scheme
  • Discretionary powers
  • Prisoner rehabilitation
  • Prison-law
  • Judicial-review
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