Hearings
England & Wales
26 Jan 2017 [2017] EWHC 70 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 3567; [2017] WLR (D) 339, DC (Gross LJ, Ouseley J)
R (A) v Central Criminal Court
Additional names
R (C) v Central Criminal Court
Subject Matter
POLICE — Search, right of — Search warrant — Police obtaining search warrants authorising search of claimants’ premises to seize and retain “special procedure material” consisting of mobile phones and SIM cards — Whether search warrants unlawful for lack of reasonable grounds for believing that legally privileged or excluded material would not be found in property to be seized — Proper application of search warrant legislation to mobile phones — Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c 60) (as amended by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c 5), s 113(3)(a)(b)), ss 9(1), 14(2), 15(6)(b), 16(5)(b), Sch 1, para 12 — Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c 16), s 50
[2017] EWHC 70 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 3567; [2017] WLR (D) 339, DC
Commentary
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Legal Professional Privilege - Pre-existing Documents and Items - PACE 1984, ss. 9 and 10
F10.35
Entry and Search under Warrant - Access to Excluded or Special Procedure Material - Procedure D1.162
Admissibility of Evidence Obtained Unlawfully, Improperly or Unfairly - Privileged Documents F2.6