Hearings
28 Feb 2019 [2019] EWHC 444 (Admin); [2019] 4 WLR 47; [2019] WLR(D) 169, QBD (Andrews J)
R (Kumar) v Secretary of State for Justice
Subject Matter
PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Transfer to open conditions — Parole Board recommending transfer of prisoner to open conditions despite unanimous evidence that prisoner not suitable for such transfer — Secretary of State rejecting board’s recommendation — Whether board having discretion to depart from views of professionals — Whether Secretary of State entitled to reject board’s recommendation — Whether policy concerning rejection of such recommendation unlawful — Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 22/2015, para 6.4
[2019] EWHC 444 (Admin); [2019] 4 WLR 47; [2019] WLR(D) 169, QBD
Legislation Considered
Statutory Instruments
Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 22/2015 0, para 6.4
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: R (Kumar) v Secretary of State for Justice [2019] EWHC 444 (Admin); [2019] 4 WLR 47; [2019] WLR(D) 169, QBD
Distinguished in R (Allen) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 2370 (Admin); [2024] WLR(D) 434, KBD
Cases citing
Cases citing: R (Kumar) v Secretary of State for Justice [2019] EWHC 444 (Admin); [2019] 4 WLR 47; [2019] WLR(D) 169, QBD
Hahn v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 1559 (Admin), KBD
R (Allen) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 2370 (Admin); [2024] WLR(D) 434, KBD
R (Carrigan) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 1940 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 5188; [2024] WLR(D) 366, KBD
R (Gourlay) v Parole Board [2020] UKSC 50; [2020] 1 WLR 5344; [2021] 3 All ER 95; [2020] WLR(D) 666, SC(E)
R (Green) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 1211 (Admin), KBD
R (John) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 1606 (Admin); [2021] 4 WLR 98; [2022] 1 All ER 650; [2021] WLR(D) 338, QBD
R (Kay) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 2125 (Admin), DC
R (Khalisadar) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 2408 (Admin), KBD
R (McKoy) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 3047 (Admin), KBD
R (McPhee) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 1247 (Admin), KBD
R (Oakley) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2602 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 751; [2022] WLR(D) 402, KBD
R (Oakley) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 292 (Admin), KBD
R (Sneddon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 3303 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 1894; [2024] WLR(D) 7, KBD
R (Sneddon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWCA Civ 1258; [2024] WLR(D) 459, CA
R (Stephens) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 3257 (Admin), QBD
R (Swellings) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 771 (Admin), KBD
R (Williams) v Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 2144 (Admin), KBD
R (Wynne) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 1111 (Admin), KBD
R (Zenshen) v Secretary of State for Justice [2023] EWHC 2279 (Admin), KBD