Challenging the Decision of the Cayman Islands Government to Transfer a Prisoner to the United Kingdom

Abstract

1. Prisoner transfers can be made between a British Overseas Territory (BOT) and the UK under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884 (‘the 1884 Act’). The case Douglas & Ramoon v The Governor of the Cayman Islands & The Director of Prisons challenged the Notice of Concurrence made by the Governor of the Cayman Islands in respect of the Order of Removal for the Appellants, which was made out by a Secretary of State under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Order in Council 1907.