Knight’s (Robert Torrens) Application
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Treacy J |
| Judgment Date | 05 March 2010 |
| Neutral Citation | [2010] NIQB 30 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Docket Number | QBD, TRE7781 |
| Date | 05 March 2010 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2010] NIQB 30
Ref:
TRE7781
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered:
5/3/10
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (JUDICIAL REVIEW)
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Knight’s Application (Robert Torrens) [2010] NIQB 30
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW BY
ROBERT TORRENS KNIGHT
AND IN THE MATTER OF A DECISION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR NORTHERN IRELAND ON 27 OCTOBER 2009 SUSPENDING THE
APPLICANT’S LICENCE UNDER S.9 OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND
(SENTENCES) ACT 1998
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TREACY J
Introduction
1. The applicant for judicial review is Robert Torrens Knight a life sentence
prisoner who was released on licence on 28 July 2000.
2. By this judicial review he challenges the lawfulness of a decision of the
Secretary of State (“the SoS”) dated 27 October 2009 suspending his
licence and returning him to prison.
3. The grounds upon which relief is sought, as set out in the Order 53
Statement, are as follows:
(a) The applicant’s detention in custody from 27 October 2009 and
therefore without there being in force a fresh Judicial Order
justifying that detention represented a violation of Article 5(1) ECHR
in that the detention, not being judicially ordered could not be
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