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R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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R (EM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Welfare benefits — Convicted prisoners detained in psychiatric hospital pursuant to hospital or transfer directions losing entitlement to income support — Convicted persons detained in hospital pursuant to hospital orders retaining entitlement — Whether different treatment justified — Whether discrimination against prisoners in breach of Convention right — Mental Health Act 1983, ss 45A (as inserted by Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, s 46), 47 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14, Pt II, art 1 — Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005

[2010] 1 WLR 1782

PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Welfare benefits — Life sentence prisoners detained in psychiatric hospital pursuant to transfer directions — Entitlement to income support after “earliest date on which he could have been released” — Whether date on which tariff expiring — Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Sch 7, para 2A (as substituted by Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005, reg 4(5))

[2010] 1 WLR 1782

Words & Phrases

"Earliest date on which he could have been released" — Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Sch 7, para 2A (as substituted)

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] EWHC 2635 (Admin), QBD

Flora v Wakom (Heathrow) Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1103; [2007] 1 WLR 482; [2006] 4 All ER 982, CA

Pickstone v Freemans Plc [1989] AC 66; [1987] 3 WLR 811; [1987] ICR 867; [1987] 3 All ER 756, CA

R (S) v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police [2004] I WLR 2196

R (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service [2002] I WLR 2956

R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ex p Spath Holme Ltd [2001] 2 AC 349; [2000] 3 WLR 141; [2000] 1 All ER 884, CA

Cases cited in: R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWHC 454 (Admin), QBD

AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 42; [2008] 1 WLR 1434; [2008] 4 All ER 1127; 24 BHRC 738, HL(E)

R (R on the application of) v (1) Medical Officer (2) Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWHC 3152 (Admin), QBD

R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] UKHL 63; [2009] 1 AC 311; [2008] 3 WLR 1023; [2009] PTSR 336; [2009] 2 All ER 556, HL(E)

R v Beatty (David William) [2006] EWCA Crim 2359, CA

R v Drew [2003] UKHL 25; [2003] 1 WLR 1213; [2003] 4 All ER 557; [2003] 2 Cr App R 371; [2004] 1 Cr App R (S) 8, HL(E)

Cases cited in: R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 18; [2010] 1 WLR 1782; [2010] WLR (D) 20, CA

AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 42; [2008] 1 WLR 1434; [2008] 4 All ER 1127; 24 BHRC 738, HL(E)

Abdirahman v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 657; [2008] 1 WLR 254; [2007] 4 All ER 882, CA

Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Co Ltd v Russell [1999] 1 WLR 2093; [2000] 1 All ER 97, HL(E)

Flora v Wakom (Heathrow) Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1103; [2007] 1 WLR 482; [2006] 4 All ER 982, CA

Glor v Switzerland (Application No 13444/04) (unreported) given 30 April 2009, ECtHR

Kafkaris v Cyprus (2008) 49 EHRR 877

Kjeldsen v Denmark CE:ECHR:1976:1207JUD000509571; (Appn nos 5095/71; 5920/72; 5926/72); (1976) 1 EHRR 711, ECtHR (GC)

Kruse v Johnson [1898] 2 QB 291, DC

Limbu v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 2261 (Admin), QBD

Matadeen v Pointu [1999] 1 AC 98; [1998] 3 WLR 18, PC

Monnell v United Kingdom (1987) 10 EHRR 205

Noorkoiv (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 770, CA

Phillip v The Queen [2007] UKPC 31, PC

R (Carson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2005] UKHL 37; [2006] AC 173; [2005] 2 WLR 1369; [2005] 4 All ER 545, HL(E)

R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] UKHL 63; [2009] 1 AC 311; [2008] 3 WLR 1023; [2009] PTSR 336; [2009] 2 All ER 556, HL(E)

R (S) v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police [2004] UKHL 39; [2003] 1 WLR 535; [2004] 1 WLR 2196; [2004] 4 All ER 193, HL(E)

R (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service [2002] UKHL 38; [2002] 1 WLR 2956; [2002] 4 All ER 654; [2003] LGR 23, HL(E)

R v Birch (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 202, CA

R v Drew [2003] UKHL 25; [2003] 1 WLR 1213; [2003] 4 All ER 557; [2003] 2 Cr App R 371; [2004] 1 Cr App R (S) 8, HL(E)

R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ex p Spath Holme Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 1572, HL(E)

R v Staines (Paula) [2006] EWCA Crim 15, CA

RM v United Kingdom (1994) 77-A DR 98

River Wear Comrs v Adamson 2 App Cas 743; 2 AppCas 743, HL

Shelley v United Kingdom (2008) 46 EHRR SE 199

Stec v United Kingdom (2005) 41 EHRR SE 295 (Admissibility); (2006) 43 EHRR 1017 (Merits), GC

Thompson (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWHC 538 (Admin); [2003] EWHC 538 Admin, QBD

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWHC 454 (Admin), QBD

R (Mitocariu) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 126 (Admin); [2018] PTSR 1287; [2018] WLR(D) 61, QBD

Cases citing: R (D) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 18; [2010] 1 WLR 1782; [2010] WLR (D) 20, CA

Dransfield v Information Comr [2015] EWCA Civ 454; [2015] 1 WLR 5316; [2016] 3 All ER 221; [2016] Env LR 9; [2015] WLR (D) 215, CA

FSS Pension Trustees Ltd v Board of the Pension Protection Fund [2014] EWHC 1397 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 189, Ch D

Fss Pension Trustees Limited v The Board Of The Pension Protection Fund [2014] EWHC 1397 (Ch), Ch D

Mahmood (paras. S-LTR.1.6. & S-LTR.4.2.; Scope) Bangladesh [2020] UKUT 376 (IAC), UT (IAC)

PAUL ZANOTO PEMBELE v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2013] UKUT 310 (IAC), UT

R (AA) v National Health Service Commissioning Board [2023] EWCA Civ 902; [2023] PTSR 2001; [2023] WLR(D) 342, CA

R (Nkiwane) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 2899 (Admin); [2015] CN 1644, QBD

R v AUH [2023] EWCA Crim 6; [2023] 1 WLR 1399; [2023] 1 Cr App R 17; [2023] WLR(D) 28, CA

Williams v Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 27; [2021] 1 WLR 2061; [2021] WLR(D) 37, CA

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