Ministers plan law change to stop arrests of foreign officials – The Guardian

Posted January 18th, 2010 in diplomats, magistrates, news, warrants by sally

“New legislation that could strip magistrates of their power to issue arrest warrants for foreign dignitaries on visits to the UK has been attacked by MPs and campaigners.”

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The Guardian, 15th January 2010

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Syed v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily

Posted January 15th, 2010 in law reports, police, powers of entry, warrants by sally

Syed v Director of Public Prosecutions

“The test which should be used by a police constable to establish whether or not he was entitled under s 17(1)(e) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to use force to enter and search premises, without a warrant, for the purpose of ‘saving life or limb or preventing serious damage to property’ was whether some serious or dangerous incident had occurred, or was likely to occur, within the premises, and not the officer’s ‘concern for the welfare’ of someone in the premises.”

WLR Daily, 14th January 2010

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British government will fight legal attempts to indict Israeli leaders in UK – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2010 in Israel, jurisdiction, news, war crimes, warrants by sally

“Baroness Scotland announces plans to alter laws after attempts to obtain warrants against Israeli generals for war crimes.”

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The Guardian, 5th January 2010

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Outcry over plan to give attorney general veto on war crimes warrants – The Guardian

Posted December 17th, 2009 in attorney general, news, veto, war crimes, warrants by sally

“The attorney general will be asked to approve warrants before suspected war criminals can be arrested in future under a plan being negotiated by the Foreign Office in response to the row over attempts to arrest Israel’s former foreign minister.”

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The Guardian, 16th December 2009

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Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld – WLR Daily

Posted November 23rd, 2009 in EC law, extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld [2009] UKSC 4; [2009] WLR (D) 337

“To satisfy the requirements of s 2 of the Extradition Act 2003 a European arrest warrant only had to make reference to the requesting state’s domestic arrest warrant on which it was based and not to any previous European arrest warrant, based on the same domestic warrant, which had previously been issued and superseded.”

WLR Daily, 20th November 2009

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Harry Rednapp lawyer takes on the police again over search warrant – The Times

Posted May 27th, 2009 in news, police, search & seizure, warrants by sally

“The lawyer who has put a police chief’s job on the line over a search warrant is the same man who represented Harry Redknapp in his successful claim over a dawn raid on his home.”

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The Times, 27th May 2009

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R v Seddon – WLR Daily

Posted March 12th, 2009 in bail, extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

R v Seddon; [2009] WLR (D) 88

“In a European arrest warrant which sought a defendant’s return to this jurisdiction as a convicted person for the extradition offence of blackmail an allegation that the defendant was unlawfully at large and in breach of bail did not amount to ‘an offence disclosed by the information provided … in respect of’ the offence of blackmail for the purposes of s 146(3)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003.”

WLR Daily, 11th March 2009

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Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld, Germany Kaba v Court of First Instance, Creteil, France – Times Law Reports

Posted December 10th, 2008 in EC law, extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld, Germany Kaba v Court of First Instance, Creteil, France

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“While a European arrest warrant had to be validated by reference to an enforceable national legal procedure, it need not refer to any other European arrest warrant that might previously have been issued in respect of the alleged offences contained in the current warrant.”

The Times, 10th December 2008

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Bill to allow Commons searches with no warrant – The Independent

Posted December 8th, 2008 in news, parliament, search & seizure, warrants by sally

“The vow by Commons Speaker Michael Martin to prevent ‘unauthorised’ raids on MPs’ offices in the wake of the Damian Green affair was seriously undermined last night as it emerged that the Government is preparing new laws to allow investigators to mount parliamentary searches without a warrant.”

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The Independent, 7th December 2008

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Louca v Office of Public Prosecutor in Bielefeld, Germany – WLR Daily

Posted December 1st, 2008 in EC law, extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

Louca v Office of Public Prosecutor in Bielefeld, Germany; [2008] WLR (D) 373

The requirement in s 2(4)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003 that a European arrest warrant (EAW) contained ‘particulars of any other warrant issued in the category 1 territory for the person’s arrest in respect of the offence’ did not mean the particulars of any other EAWs that might previously have been issued in respect of the offence in the current EAW.”

WLR Daily, 27th November 2008

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R (Faisaltex Ltd and others) v Crown Court at Preston and another – WLR Daily

Posted November 25th, 2008 in judicial review, law reports, police, search & seizure, warrants by sally

R (Faisaltex Ltd and others) v Crown Court at Preston and another [2008] EWHC 2832 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 362

“A computer, or its hard disk, fell within the meaning of ‘material’ in s 8(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and was to be regarded as a single item or thing, rather than a container of a number of things, so that, where there were reasonable grounds for believing that it contained material evidence, a warrant under s 8 could properly specify a computer or similar item even if it were likely to contain irrelevant material.”

WLR Daily, 24th November 2008

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Regina v Popat – Times Law Reports

Posted September 10th, 2008 in law reports, police, warrants, witnesses by sally

Regina v Popat

Court of Appeal

“It was preferable for crown court judges to direct police officers not to execute a warrant for the arrest except at the crown court, of a witness who had failed to appear in response to a summons, if satisfied that if the witness was going to attend voluntarily or was going to accompany them, or at least to back the warrant for bail.”

The Times, 10th September 2008

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Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy – Times Law Reports

Posted August 19th, 2008 in appeals, EC law, extradition, fugitive offenders, Italy, law reports, warrants by sally

Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy

House of Lords

“Where a fugitive from Italy had been found guilty of an offence in his absence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, under Italian law, his trial had not been finally completed pending appeal and his extradition from the United Kingdom had been properly sought as an accused rather than a convicted person.”

The Times, 19th August 2008

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Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy – WLR Daily

Posted August 4th, 2008 in appeals, EC law, extradition, fugitive offenders, Italy, law reports, warrants by sally

Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy [2008] UKHL 51; [2008] WLR (D) 274

Extradition of an Italian fugitive had been properly sought as an accused rather than a convicted person where he had been found guilty of an offence in his absence and sentenced to imprisonment but his trial was not under Italian law finally completed until the appeal process was concluded.”

WLR Daily, 1st August 2008

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Criminals walk free thanks to paperwork – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2008 in fugitive offenders, news, police, probation, warrants by sally

“A report has found that the paperwork obsession among police, probation officers and court officials lets criminals and suspects who go on the run stay out of the reach of justice.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2008

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Redknapp and Another v Commissioner of the City of London Police and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted June 16th, 2008 in law reports, search & seizure, warrants by sally

Redknapp and Another v Commissioner of the City of London Police and Another

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Reasons for seeking the issue of an search warrant had to be set out to make it valid. For its execution to be lawful, the occupier of the premises had to be shown and given a copy of the warrant. ”

The Times, 16th June 2008

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Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – Times Law Reports

Posted June 16th, 2008 in law reports, search & seizure, warrants by sally

Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Court of Appeal

“Police powers to enter and search a premises without a warrant, could be used only where those premises were, in fact, occupied or controlled by a person under arrest, and not where the police had merely a reasonable belief that the suspect occupied or controlled the premises.”

The Times, 16th June 2008

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Pietrzak v Regional Court in Wloclawek, Poland – WLR Daily

Posted June 16th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

Pietrzak v Regional Court in Wloclawek, Poland; [2008] WLR (D) 190

“Art 8(1) of European Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 set out the contents necessary for a valid European arrest warrant: additional information specified in the form in the annex to the Framework Decision did not form part of the warrant for the purposes of validity.”

WLR Daily, 12th June 2008

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Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – WLR Daily

Posted June 9th, 2008 in law reports, search & seizure, warrants by sally

Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; [2008] WLR (D) 182

“S 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (as amended by s 111, Sch 7, Pt 3 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005), which gave the police the power to enter and search a premises occupied or controlled by a person under arrest without a warrant, should be construed literally so that the power could only be used where the premises were, in fact, occupied or controlled by a person who was under arrest.”

WLR Daily, 6th June 2008

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Redknapp v Commissioner of the City of London Police and another – WLR Daily

Posted June 5th, 2008 in law reports, search & seizure, warrants by sally

Redknapp v Commissioner of the City of London Police and another [2008] EWHC 1177 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 179

“A warrant authorising the entry and search of premises issued under s 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 was unlawful if the application did not identify which of the four conditions specified in s 8(3) of the Act was being relied on. Further, the execution of such a warrant was invalidated by a failure to satisfy the requirements of s 16(5) of the Act, which provided that when premises were occupied, the officer executing the warrant must not only produce the warrant to the person in occupation, but also supply him or her with a copy of it.”

WLR Daily, 4th June 2008

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