Regina v Tower Bridge Magistrates’ Court, ex-parte Director of Public Prosecutions: 1988

A witness summons issued by a Stipendiary Magistrate compelling a police officer to produce the service record and log of a breath-testing instrument was quashed on the basis that it was a ‘fishing expedition.’

Citations:

[1988] Crim LR 759

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedCunliffe, Regina (on the Application of) v West London Magistrates’ Court Admn 6-Jul-2006
The claimant was an employee of the company manufacturing alcohol measuring devices. He sought judicial review of decisions by magistrates to require him to attend court to give evidence which would require him to breach obligations of confidence he . .
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Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.244441