Hearings
Jersey
28 Mar 2011 [2011] UKPC 10; [2012] 1 AC 22; [2011] 3 WLR 464; [2011] 2 All ER 513; [2011] 2 Cr App R 411; [2011] WLR (D) 105; Case details, PC (Lord Hope (Deputy President), Lord Rodger, Lord Brown, Lord Kerr, Lord Dyson)
Warren v Attorney General for Jersey
Subject Matter
CRIME — Abuse of process — Police conduct — Police obtaining evidence against defendants through unlawful surveillance operation in foreign jurisdictions — Fairness of defendants' trial not compromised by unlawful acts — Whether prosecution abuse of process — Whether convictions to be quashed
[2011] UKPC 10; [2012] 1 AC 22; [2011] 3 WLR 464; [2011] 2 All ER 513; [2011] 2 Cr App R 411; [2011] WLR (D) 105; Case details, PC
Appellate History
Warren v Attorney General for Jersey [2008] JRC 50
Decision of Sir Richard Tucker affirmed
Warren v Attorney General for Jersey [2011] UKPC 10; [2012] 1 AC 22; [2011] 3 WLR 464; [2011] 2 All ER 513; [2011] 2 Cr App R 411; [2011] WLR (D) 105; Case details, PC
Warren v Attorney General for Jersey [2009] JLR 248
Decision of the Court of Appeal of Jersey affirmed
Warren v Attorney General for Jersey [2011] UKPC 10; [2012] 1 AC 22; [2011] 3 WLR 464; [2011] 2 All ER 513; [2011] 2 Cr App R 411; [2011] WLR (D) 105; Case details, PC
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Discretionary Exclusion under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, s. 78 - Unfairness Not Arising from Breach of Codes of Practice - Subterfuge in Interrogation and Non-disclosure
F18.51
Abuse of Process: The Power to Stay Proceedings - Meaning of ‘Abuse of Process’ D3.66
Abuse of Process: The Power to Stay Proceedings - Abuse of Executive Power: Bringing Justice into Disrepute D3.105
Admissibility of Evidence Obtained Unlawfully, Improperly or Unfairly - General Rule of Admissibility F2.1
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, s. 78 - Application to Evidence Obtained Unlawfully, Improperly or Unfairly - Undercover Operations F2.18