Hearings
England & Wales
19 Jun 2018 [2018] EWHC 1534 (Admin); [2018] 1 WLR 4887; [2018] 4 All ER 1053; [2018] 2 Cr App R 25; [2018] WLR (D) 381, DC (Bean LJ and Green J)
R (Business Energy Solutions Ltd) v Crown Court at Preston
Subject Matter
TRADING STANDARDS — Search, right of — Search warrant — Trading standards authority obtaining warrants authorising search of claimants’ premises to seize material including computer equipment and data storage devices — Data from seized computer devices copied onto authority’s own systems — Whether copied data “seized property” capable in principle of being returned — Whether “reasonably practicable” to separate and return improperly seized material — Whether copied data to be returned — Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c 16), ss 53, 59
[2018] EWHC 1534 (Admin); [2018] 1 WLR 4887; [2018] 4 All ER 1053; [2018] 2 Cr App R 25; [2018] WLR (D) 381, DC
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Seizure of, Access to and Retention of Materials - Access to and Retention of Seized Material
D1.189