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R (AB) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice and (2) Governor HMP Manchester | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether the failure to move from the male prison estate a pre-operative transgender female prisoner after she had been granted a certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was in breach of Arts 8 and/or 14 ECHR and/or irrational. | 
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| Court:  | 
Administrative Court | 
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| Reference:    | 
CO/9490/2008 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2009] EWHC 2220 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
David Elvin QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) | 
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| Date:  | 
4 September 2009 |