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Regina v Allan: CACD 6 Apr 2001

Citations: [2001] EWCA Crim 1027, Unreported, 6 April 2001 Statutes: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Attorney General’s Reference (No 5 of 2002) HL 14-Oct-2004 The Attorney General sought the correct interpretation of section 17 where a court was asked as to whether evidence obtained from a … Continue reading Regina v Allan: CACD 6 Apr 2001

Copland v The United Kingdom: ECHR 3 Apr 2007

The applicant had been an employee. In the course of a dispute with her employer, she discovered that the principal had been collecting information about her telephone calls, emails and internet usage. Held: The collection of such material without any explicit legal power by her employer, as a statutory body, was an abuse of her … Continue reading Copland v The United Kingdom: ECHR 3 Apr 2007

Just for Kids Law, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: Admn 8 Jul 2019

The claimant organisation challenged the procedures applying to protect children when used as covert intelligence sources. Judges: Supperstone J Citations: [2019] EWHC 1772 (Admin), [2019] WLR(D) 386 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Human Rights, Children, Police Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.639696

Gilchrist and Another v Her Majesty’s Advocate: HCJ 24 Aug 2004

The defendants were to stand trial for drugs offences, but raised a devoltion issue as to the use of police surveillance products gathered under the 2000 Act. They said that the authorisation to carry out the surveillance had been granted on insufficient detail as required under the 2000 Act, infringing their right to a fair … Continue reading Gilchrist and Another v Her Majesty’s Advocate: HCJ 24 Aug 2004

NTL Group Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v S Constabulary: Admn 22 Jul 2002

The claimant sought judicial review of the granting of a special protection order with regard to the retention of emails sent by their customers, and for permission to destroy material relating to the application. The result, said the applicant, would overwhelm their storage systems, and to put them in breach of section 1 of the … Continue reading NTL Group Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v S Constabulary: Admn 22 Jul 2002

Regina v Goodman: CACD 4 Mar 2002

Citations: [2002] EWCA Crim 903, Unreported, 4 March 2002 Statutes: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Attorney General’s Reference (No 5 of 2002) HL 14-Oct-2004 The Attorney General sought the correct interpretation of section 17 where a court was asked as to whether evidence obtained from a … Continue reading Regina v Goodman: CACD 4 Mar 2002

Palmer and Others v Regina: CACD 7 Aug 2014

Three defendants appealed against convictions for selling stolen goods, saying that the police had used entrapment. The officers had established a shop at which thieves might expect to sell goods. Each defendant had pleaed guilty after a ruling against their allegation of abuse by officers. They said that officers had failed to comply with the … Continue reading Palmer and Others v Regina: CACD 7 Aug 2014

Edmondson and Others v Regina: CACD 28 Jun 2013

Course of Transmission includes Voicemails The defendants appealed against convictions for conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemail messages whilst employed in various positions in newspapers. The issue boiled down to when the ‘course of transmission’ of a voicemail message ended, that is whether a voicemail message which was saved by the recipient on the voicemail facility … Continue reading Edmondson and Others v Regina: CACD 28 Jun 2013