Frankson v Home Office

Subject Matter

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Disclosure — Public interest — Police investigation into prisoners' complaints of assaults by prison officers — Statements of prison officers to police during interviews under caution — Prisoners bringing civil actions against Home Office and seeking third party disclosure orders requiring police to disclose statements — Public interest in maintaining confidentiality of information given to police — Whether outweighed by public interest in ensuring fair trial in civil action — CPR r 31.17(3)

[2003] 1 WLR 1952