Prisoners A-XX Inclusive v State of New South Wales (Court of Appeal 1995)

2006
Fifty inmates sued the State of New South Wales for failing to supply or permit possession of condoms by male prisoners. The court of first instance held that applicants could sue for a breach of the duty of care owed to the prisoners but it could only be on behalf of the four aggrieved inmates at a time as proceedings involving 50 prisoners would be unmanageable and unwieldy. The Court also rejected the prisoners’ claim to habeas corpus. The prisoners appealed the decision.
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Glen Fielding (High Court QBD 1999)

2006
Fielding, an inmate challenged the prison’s policy denying prisoners access to condoms unless prescribed by a prison doctor in the Court.
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Stanfield v Minister of Correctional Services and others (High Court 2003)

2003
Stanfield was serving a six year prison sentence when he was diagnosed with an incurable and inoperable lung cancer. Stanfield applied for parole on medical grounds, which was denied. He appealed the denial to the High Court.
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