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15 February 2008
Issue: 7308 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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R (on the application of Walker) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (on the application of James) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 30, [2008] All ER (D) 15 (Feb)

The secretary of state for justice acted unlawfully in failing to provide courses which would allow prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to demonstrate to the Parole Board, by the expiry of their minimum terms, that it was no longer necessary for the protection of the public for them to be confined.

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