R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Handscomb

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1987
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
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  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Doody ; R v Same, ex parte Pierson ; R v Same, ex parte Smart ; R v Same, ex parte Pegg
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 May 1992
    ...as well as to mandatory life sentences. 24On 2 March 1987 the Divisional Court gave its decision in R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. Ex parte Handscomb & Others (1988) 86 Cr App R 59. Mr. Handscomb and the other applicants for judicial review were serving discretionary lif......
  • R (on the application of Anderson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 25 November 2002
    ...to imprisonment for life in the exercise of the sentencing judge's discretion for offences other than murder: R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Handscomb (1987) 86 Cr App R 59; Weeks v United Kingdom (1987) 10 EHRR 293; Thynne, Wilson and Gunnell v United Kingdom (1990) 1......
  • R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 24 July 1997
    ...Douglas Hurd on 23 July 1987, in response to the decision of a Divisional Court in Regina v. The Home Secretary, Ex parte Handscomb (1987) 86 Cr. App. R. 59. In that case, which was concerned with the application of the earlier Policy Statement to prisoners serving discretionary life sente......
  • Ansari v HM Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 2 May 2003
    ...[1999] 1 Cr App R (S) 6 R v Sczerba (2002) 2 Cr App R (S) 85 R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte HandscombUNK (1988) 86 Cr App R 59 Robertson v HM AdvocateUNK 1997 SCCR 534 Stafford v United KingdomHRC (2002) 35 EHRR 32 Thynne, Wilson and Gunnell v United KingdomHRC (19......
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