Prison Law
Rhys is experienced in dealing with applications for parole, adjudications and seeking to resolve internal issues at detention centres.
Applications for Parole
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Adjudications
An adjudication can have serious ramifications for any prisoner, it's not widely known that legal representation can be arranged. The hearing will either be before the governor or in certain situations an independent external party.
It is important to ensure that the proper procedure rules are followed, as often they are not.
Sanction can also be argued with a view to reducing the impact of any adjudication, in the event that one is proven.
Judicial Review
If a decision has been made by the Prison or the Parole Board, these are public bodies and their decisions can be reviewed. This is akin to an appeal of the decision that was originally made.
The grounds of judicial review are either that the decision was unreasonable (i.e. so unreasonable that no public body could reach it); irrational (in that it wrongly took into account information or considered information that it shouldn't) or finally that it was unlawful (for example the body didn't have the power to make the decision).
Seeking a judicial review of a decision can be extremely complex and requires the completion of documents known as Statements of Ground and Facts, as well as the N461 application form.
