A shop store-detective could be said to be a person charged with a duty to investigate offences. Whether he is, is a question of fact in each case, and its determination will turn on the evidence of the terms of the contract between the store detective and his employer and all the circumstances of the … Continue reading Regina v Bayliss: CACD 16 Mar 1993
Head teacher has no statutory duty to investigate offences inside school and has no obligation to follow PACE procedures. Citations: Times 24-Nov-1997 Statutes: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 67(9) Criminal Practice Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.80003
The defendant appealed against her conviction for theft. She had been accused of stealing money over many months from the till at the pharmacy where she worked. She said that a confession in interviews conducted by civilian investigators should not have been admitted. She said that transactions had not been put through the till at … Continue reading Regina v Dhorajiwala: CACD 9 Jun 2010
The PACE codes of practice apply to FACT investigators who were acting in the investigation of a copyright breach wher and others criminal offence was suspected. Although they were in effect private individuals and fulfilled not even a quasi-statutory duty, they still fulfilled a duty, and had to obey the codes of practice. Citations: Ind … Continue reading Joy v Federation Against Copyright Theft: QBD 15 Feb 1993
