Becker v Home Office
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1972 |
| Date | 1972 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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18 cases
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Wynne
...the Home Secretary has been represented by Mr. Michael Beloff Q.C. and Mr. C. Lewis. 8 This problem last surfaced in the case of Becker v. Home Office [1972] 2 Q.B. 407. After Mrs. Becker had started an action as trustee she was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for obtaining credit as a ......
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R v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison and Others, ex parte Hague ; Weldon v Home Office
...to establish or support a cause of action is supported by a number of authorities, including Arbon v. Anderson [1943] K.B. 252 and Becker v. Home Office [1972] 2 Q.B. 407. In Arbon v. Anderson Goddard L.J. said at page 254: "With regard to the Prison Rules, it would be enough to say that ......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Prison Rules: Unwarranted And Self-authorised Surveillance Of Prisoners' Legal Consultations
...3 Prison Rules (rules 34 - 39 and 35A (2) (a) and (b)) and PSI (Outcome 14.2 (f)). 4 PSI (Outcome 14.2 (f)). 5 [1972] 2 WLR 1193. 6 Livingstone and Macdonald on Prison Law, 5thEdition, 2015, paragraph 7 [2009] UKHL 15, paragraph 51. 8 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhans......
3 books & journal articles
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Judicial review for the convicted felon in Australia--a consideration of statutory context and the doctrine of attainder.
...at 452; [1957] ALR 1127 (Smith J) (public policy is no defence); Hall v Whatmore [1961] VR 225. (36) See, eg, Becker v Honae Office [1972] 2 All ER 676, 682 (Lord Denning MR). (37) Dugan v Mirror Newspapers Ltd (1978) 142 CLR 583; 22 ALR 439; 53 ALJR 166; Compare R v Board of Visitors of Hu......
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Rehabilitation, risk management and prisoners’ rights
...Punishment and Society 13(2): 123–148.List of casesArbon v Anderson [1943] KB 252.Askoy v Turkey [1997] 23 EHRR 553.Becker v Home Office [1972] 2QB 407.Dickson v UK [2007] Application no. 44362/04 (4 December 2007).Edwards v UK [2002] 35 EHRR Genders and Player 457Gul v Turkey [2000] Applic......
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Divisional Courts
...to acts of indiscipline andresentment of authority."Lord WidgeryC.J. referring to a speech of Lord Denning M.R.inBecker v. Home Office (1972 2Q.B. 407) where he said:"Ifthe courtswere to entertain actions by disgruntled prisoners, the Governor's lifewould be made intolerable. The discipline......