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Court of Appeal landmark judgement in David Walker

Hugh Southey acted in the recent appeal to the Court of Appeal in which the Court held that the failure to provide opportunities for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to progress was unlawful.

Hugh Southey acted for David Walker in the recent appeal to the Court of Appeal in which the Court held that the failure to provide opportunities for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to progress was unlawfully.

link to judgement  http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/30.html

see the BBC story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7221789.stm

see The Guardian' http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/02/prisonsandprobation.law

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