R v Board of Visitors of Hull Prison, ex parte St Germain

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1978
CourtDivisional Court
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24 cases
  • Williams v Home Office (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
  • O'Reilly v Mackman
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 June 1982
    ...Appeal reversed the Divisional Court and held that it was available. The case is reported under the name of Reg. v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison, ex parte St. Germain and Others (1979) 1 Queen's Bench 425. As a result there were several cases of judicial review in which some of the men ......
  • O'Reilly v Mackman
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 25 November 1982
    ...... of remission of sentence made by the Board of Visitors of Hull Prison ("the Board") in the ...v. Hull Visitors, Ex parte St. Germain [1979] Q.B. 425 —a decision that ......
  • Attorney General v Thomas
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Invalid date
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2 books & journal articles
  • Judicial Review of Prison Governor's Disciplinary Powers
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 61-4, October 1988
    • 1 October 1988
    ...l1979] Q.B. 425. TheCourtof Appeal had reversed the Divisional Court's decisionthat it had no jurisdiction to entertain the application: [1978] Q.B. 678 Lord WidgeryCJ.in the Divisional Court, had relying on the judgment of GoddardLJ.in Fry, ex parte [1954]IW.L.R. 730, with the concurrenceo......
  • Divisional Courts
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 42-3, July 1978
    • 1 July 1978
    ...PRISON VISITORSR.v.BoardofVisitorsofHull Prisonex parte St. GermainThis case (1978 2W.L.R. 598) arose outofthe riots inHullPrisonon August and September 1976. The Applicant and six other prisonerswere brought before the Board of Visitors on chargesofactsofin-discipline during the riots. The......

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