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R (Roberts) v Parole Board | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether the Parole Board was able to appoint a special advocate to consider sensitive material which was not released to the prisoner’s solicitors in an oral hearing for a mandatory lifer. | 
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| Court:  | 
House of Lords | 
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| Reference:    | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2005] UKHL 45 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lords Bingham, Woolf, Steyn, Rodger and Carswell. | 
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| Date:  | 
7 July 2005 |