The Weekly Law Reports
[2018] 2 WLR 357
Supreme Court
Regina (Haralambous) v Crown Court at St Albans and another (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening)
[2018] UKSC 1
2017 Nov 8;
2018 Jan 24
2018 Jan 24
Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Hughes, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC
Police— Search, right of— Search warrant— Police seizing claimant’s property pursuant to search warrants— Court refusing claimant’s application for disclosure of unredacted information sworn in support of warrants— Warrants subsequently quashed by consent— Crown Court granting application by police to retain seized material— Whether magistrates’ court and Crown Court permitted to consider material which had in public interest to be withheld from disclosure to claimant— Whether material or its gist to be disclosed to claimant on claim for judicial review—
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c 60) (as amended by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c 15), ss 111, 113(4), Sch 7, para 43(3)), ss 8, 15(3)
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Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c 16), s 59