Index card Attorney-General of Jamaica v Williams

Attorney-General of Jamaica v Williams

Hearings

Jamaica

12 May 1997 [1998] AC 351; [1997] 3 WLR 389, PC

Subject Matter

POLICE — Jamaica — Search, right of — Search warrant — Revenue's suspicion of fraudulent importation of vehicles — Justice satisfied of reasonable cause for suspicion issuing warrant — Warrant failing to recite statutory authority for search and purporting to give additional powers — Whether invalidating warrant — Applicants claiming violation of constitutional right to protection against unlawful searches — Whether proceedings to be reconstituted as action in tort — Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962, Sch 2, ss 18(1), 19(1) — Customs Act, s 203

[1998] AC 351; [1997] 3 WLR 389

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Seizure of, Access to and Retention of Materials - Powers of Seizure D1.183

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