Cat A prisoners - fairness did not require oral hearing
29 June 2011
In R (Whittaker) v Sec of State for Justice, the High Court considered the circumstances in which a Category A prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder was entitled to re-categorisation into lower security conditions.
Although the prisoner had suffered ill health leaving him in a wheel chair with ongoing health problems the Secretary of State had not erred in law in refusing his application for re-categorisation and refusing his request for an oral hearing concerning the same.
Of crucial importance was the fact that Mr Whittaker had not obtained any expert evidence in support of his request prior to his request to CART.
A copy of the official transcript of this judgment will posted as soon as it becomes available.
Adam Fullwood represented the Secretary of State
Copy of the Judgement can be found below