M v The Parole Board & anor (Approved)

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In its judgment in this case ( M. v. The Parole Board & Ors. [2020] IESC 24 ), the Court dismissed the appellant�s claim for orders by way of judicial review against the respondents. In brief, the Court held that the Minister for Justice and Equality did not have jurisdiction under s.2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1960 to grant parole to a prisoner who is detained in the Central Mental Hospital on foot of a transfer there from prison.

This ruling is concerned with the appellant�s application for a recommendation from the Court in respect of the appeal for the purposes of the Legal Aid - Custody Issues Scheme, and for an order reversing the award of costs against him in the High Court and substituting therefor an order of costs in his favour, to be limited to such amount as would have been recoverable had he applied for and been granted the benefit of the Scheme in that Court.