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R (Stephen Willcox) v Secretary of State for Justice

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Stephen Willcox) v Secretary of State for Justice
   
Issue: Whether the continued enforcement of a lengthy determinate sentence imposed for drugs offences in Thailand, in which the amounts involved meant that there was an irrebuttable presumption that the offence was of possession for the purposes of distribution, breached Arts 3 or 5 ECHR.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/1197/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 1483 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Ouseley and Davis JJ
   
Date: 1 July 2009