R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson
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Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
UK legal case
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| gptkbp:application |
Norman Pierson
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| gptkbp:citation |
[1998] AC 539
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:date |
1997
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| gptkbp:fullName |
Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Pierson
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| gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Lord_Hope_of_Craighead gptkb:Lord_Browne-Wilkinson gptkb:Lord_Steyn gptkb:Lord_Hutton Lord Lloyd of Berwick |
| gptkbp:legalSubject |
gptkb:public_administration
gptkb:crime |
| gptkbp:numberOfIssues |
principle of legality
retrospective increase in punishment |
| gptkbp:plotSummary |
The case concerned whether the Home Secretary could retrospectively increase the minimum term of a life sentence.
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| gptkbp:principle |
A public authority cannot exercise a power in a way that is contrary to the rule of law unless Parliament has made this clear.
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| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department
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| gptkbp:result |
Appeal allowed
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lord_Hoffmann
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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