Jack Straw's unlawful policy exposed by his nephew barrister Adam Straw
A double murderer serving a life sentence has won a High Court victory in his long-running legal campaign for the right to undergo cosmetic surgery to remove a large facial birthmark.
The publicly funded legal challenge by Dennis Harland Roberts, 59, could prompt other prisoners to seek treatments they might otherwise have been denied because of an undisclosed policy operated by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary.
The policy restricts prisoners’ access to cosmetic and certain other treatments regarded as non-urgent — even though the Government has said that they are entitled to the same NHS care as the rest of the population.
Roberts won a declaration at the High Court in London that Mr Straw had acted unlawfully and “contrary to good administration”in failing to disclose his full policy.
Coincidentally, Roberts, a Category A prisoner, was represented in court by Adam Straw, a barrister who is a nephew of the Justice Secretary.
I wonder if Straw enjoys his job.
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