The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2020] AC 51
Supreme Court
Regina (Stott)
v
Secretary of State for Justice
[2018] UKSC 59
2018 Jan 18; Nov 28
Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge, Lady Black JJSC, Lord Mance
Crime— Sentence— Imprisonment— Extended determinate sentence— Sentence imposed on violent or dangerous offender for protection of public— Effect of sentence that offender not eligible for release on licence until serving two thirds of period specified by judge— Offenders sentenced to other determinate terms eligible for release after serving half of sentence— Serious offenders sentenced to discretionary life sentences usually eligible for release after serving half of what would have been imposed as determinate term for offence— Whether offender sentenced to extended determinate term having “other status” for discrimination claim— Whether in analogous position to offenders serving indeterminate or other determinate terms so that suffering discrimination in enjoyment of Convention right to liberty— Whether discrimination justified—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 5, 14
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Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44) (as amended by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), ss 124, 125), ss 226A, 246A
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