Regina (C) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (J) Same – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2012 in evidence, law reports, photography, police by sally

Regina (C) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (J) Same [2012] EWHC 1681 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 182

“The statutory discretion for the police to retain custody photographs obtained from criminal suspects who were subsequently not proceeded against or acquitted did not extend to the retention of photographs taken from all suspects for a substantial and potentially indefinite period, in breach of their right to privacy.”

WLR Daily, 22nd June 2012

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