R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust

Subject Matter

PRISONS — Prisoner’s rights — Release on licence — Secretary of State imposing licence conditions on recommendation of probation trust — Recommendation made following meetings of mult-agency panel — Whether offender having Convention right to make meaningful representations at panel meetings — Whether Government’s policy on such meetings unlawful by virtue of risk of breach of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 325(2)(8) (as amended by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, s 148, Sch 26, para 74(3))

[2013] EWHC 2492 (Admin); [2014] 1 WLR 1022; [2013] CN 1304, QBD

PRISONS — Prisoner’s rights — Release on licence — Secretary of State imposing licence conditions on recommendation of probation trust — Recommendation made following meetings of multi-agency panel — Whether Government’s policy on multi-agency meetings unlawful by virtue of risk of breach of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 325(2)(8) (as amended by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, s 148, Sch 26, para 74(2))

[2014] EWCA Civ 827; [2014] 1 WLR 4620; [2014] WLR (D) 278, CA

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 827; [2014] 1 WLR 4620; [2014] WLR (D) 278, CA


Cases considered in: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2013] EWHC 2492 (Admin); [2014] 1 WLR 1022; [2013] CN 1304, QBD

R (Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2006] 2 AC 148; [2005] 3 WLR 793; [2006] 4 All ER 736, HL(E) Considered

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2013] EWHC 2492 (Admin); [2014] 1 WLR 1022; [2013] CN 1304, QBD

A (R on the application of) v National Probation Service [2011] EWHC 1332 (Admin), QBD

Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No 2) [2013] UKSC 38; [2013] UKSC 39; [2014] AC 700; [2013] 3 WLR 179; [2013] 4 All ER 495; [2013] 4 All ER 533; [2013] Lloyd's Rep FC 580; [2013] HRLR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 244, SC(E)

C (R on the application of) v Ministry of Justice [2009] EWHC 2671 (Admin), QBD

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Funke v France (1993) 16 EHRR 297

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R (Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2005] UKHL 58; [2006] 2 AC 148; [2005] 3 WLR 793; [2006] 4 All ER 736, HL(E)

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Cases cited in: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 827; [2014] 1 WLR 4620; [2014] WLR (D) 278, CA

FGP v Secretary Of State For Home Department [2012] EWHC 1804 (Admin), QBD

Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1985] UKHL 7; [1986] AC 112; [1985] 3 WLR 830; [1985] 3 All ER 402; [1986] 1 FLR 224, HL(E)

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R (Gul) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 373 (Admin); [2014] CN 274, DC

R (Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2005] UKHL 58; [2006] 2 AC 148; [2005] 3 WLR 793; [2006] 4 All ER 736, HL(E)

R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex p Fernandez [1971] 1 WLR 987; [1971] 2 All ER 691, HL(E)

Refugee Legal Centre (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1481, CA

Suppiah & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2 (Admin), QBD

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 827; [2014] 1 WLR 4620; [2014] WLR (D) 278, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2013] EWHC 2492 (Admin); [2014] 1 WLR 1022; [2013] CN 1304, QBD

Gudanaviciene (R on the application of) v Director Of Legal Aid Casework [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin), QBD

R (BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2021] UKSC 38; [2021] 1 WLR 3967; [2022] 1 All ER 213, SC(E)

R (Fox) v Secretary of State for Education [2015] EWHC 3404 (Admin); [2016] PTSR 405; [2015] WLR (D) 481, QBD

R (Gudanaviciene) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 266; [2014] ACD 357, QBD

R (Humnyntskyi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 1912 (Admin); [2021] 1 WLR 320; [2020] WLR(D) 434, QBD

R (Kaitey) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 1861 (Admin); [2021] QB 285; [2020] 3 WLR 936; [2021] 2 All ER 719; [2020] WLR(D) 401, QBD

R (Lauzikas) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 3215 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 1683; [2016] WLR (D) 681, QBD

R (Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 1502 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 4611; [2017] WLR (D) 426, QBD

R (Safe Passage International) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1821 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 165; [2021] WLR(D) 372, DC


Cases citing: R (Tabbakh) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 827; [2014] 1 WLR 4620; [2014] WLR (D) 278, CA

Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors (R on the application of) v The Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin), QBD

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Letts (R on the application of) v The Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 402 (Admin), QBD

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Pitt & Tyas (R on the application of) v General Pharmaceutical Council [2017] EWHC 809 (Admin), QBD

R (A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37; [2021] 1 WLR 3931; [2022] 1 All ER 177, SC(E)

R (Advinia Health Care Ltd) v Care Quality Commission [2022] EWHC 965 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 1411; [2022] WLR(D) 189, QBD

R (BK) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWCA Civ 1259; [2015] WLR (D) 520, CA

R (Bayer PLC) v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group [2018] EWHC 2465 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 922; [2018] WLR (D) 589, QBD

R (Bayer PLC) v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group [2020] EWCA Civ 449; [2020] PTSR 1153; [2020] WLR (D) 199, CA

R (Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 4175; [2016] 2 All ER 46; [2015] WLR (D) 114, DC

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R (Hussein) v Secretary of State for Defence [2014] EWCA Civ 1087; [2014] WLR (D) 361, CA

R (Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association) v Tribunal Procedure Committee [2016] EWHC 218 (Admin); [2016] 1 WLR 3519; [2016] WLR (D) 77, QBD

R (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) v President of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) [2020] EWHC 3103 (Admin); [2021] PTSR 800; [2020] WLR(D) 631, QBD

R (KA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Practice Note) [2021] EWCA Civ 1040; [2021] 1 WLR 6018; [2021] WLR(D) 381, CA

R (Letts) v Lord Chancellor (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2015] EWHC 402 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 4497; [2016] 2 All ER 968; [2015] WLR (D) 90, QBD

R (Liverpool City Council) v Secretary of State for Health [2017] EWHC 986 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1564; [2017] WLR (D) 314, QBD

R (Rights Of Women) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWCA Civ 91; [2016] 1 WLR 2543; [2016] 3 All ER 473; [2017] 1 FLR 615; [2016] WLR (D) 86, CA

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R (S) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2015] EWHC 1965 (Admin); [2015] 1 WLR 5283; [2015] WLR (D) 305, QBD

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