Category: warrants

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

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Court staff ‘let hundreds of offenders walk free’ – The Guardian

Posted March 11th, 2008 in magistrates, news, warrants by sally

“Staff at Leeds magistrates court are facing disciplinary action for serious errors which resulted in hundreds of offenders escaping prosecution, the Ministry of Justice said today.”

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The Guardian, 11th March 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina (Szklanny) v Westminster City Magistrates Court – Times Law Reports

Posted December 21st, 2007 in EC law, extradition, law reports, warrants by sally

Regina (Szklanny) v Westminster City Magistrates Court

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“While the discretion conferred on a court to extend time for extradition was in broad terms, there was an obligation to interpret national law, so far as possible, in the light of the wording and purpose of the European Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant and surrender proceedings between member states (2002/584/JHA; OJ July 18, 2002 No L190/1).”

The Times, 21st December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Warrant failure “let hundreds of suspects go free” – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, warrants by sally

“Jack Straw has begun an urgent inquiry into allegations that hundreds of criminals, including sex offenders, have escaped prosecution because warrants were not issued when they failed to turn up at court.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk