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R (Miller) v College of Policing

Hearings

14 Feb 2020 [2020] EWHC 225 (Admin); [2020] 4 All ER 31; [2020] HRLR 10; Press summary (pdf), QBD (Julian Knowles J)

30 Jul 2020 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

20 Dec 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1926; [2022] 1 WLR 4987; [2022] HRLR 6; [2022] WLR(D) 55, CA (Dame Victoria Sharp P, Simler, Haddon-Cave LJJ)

Subject Matter

POLICE — Powers — Retention of personal information — Non-statutory guidance to police requiring non-crime hate incident to be recorded on basis of subjective perception of victim — Whether guidance breaching common law right to freedom of expression — Whether guidance interfering with Convention right to freedom of expression — Whether guidance prescribed by law — Whether proportionate — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 10

[2021] EWCA Civ 1926; [2022] 1 WLR 4987; [2022] HRLR 6; [2022] WLR(D) 55, CA

Appellate History

R (Miller) v College of Policing [2020] EWHC 225 (Admin); [2020] 4 All ER 31; [2020] HRLR 10; Press summary (pdf), QBD

Decision of Julian Knowles J reversed in part

R (Miller) v College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926; [2022] 1 WLR 4987; [2022] HRLR 6; [2022] WLR(D) 55, CA

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