Mistake and Legality of Early release

Effect of Court Mistake on Legality of Early Release on Parole
R (Lunn) v Governor of Moorland Prison [2006] EWCA (Civ) 700
CA
25 May 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
A prisoner, who was released on licence in accordance with a
warrant which wrongly stated that consecutive sentences imposed on
him were concurrent, was not unlawfully at large until the
drafting error was corrected by the sentencing judge. The period
he had spent out of prison on licence should be counted as part of
his prison term.