| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 60 (Nov) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] EWHC 2818 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court |
| Judge: | Hallett and McCombe JJ |
| Representation | Helen Mountfield QC (instructed by Mr James Welch of Liberty) for the claimant. |
| Dijen Basu (instructed by Directorate of Legal Services, New Scotland Yard) for the Commissioner. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 3 November 2011 |
Catchwords
Police - Right of search - Reasonable grounds - Claimant on way with group to mass demonstration - Police exercising statutory search powers - Claimant seeking judicial review of search - Whether officer having reasonable grounds for suspecting prohibited items - Whether search lawful - Whether search in accordance with human rights - European Convention on Human Rights, arts 8, 10, 11.
The Case
Police Right of search. The Divisional Court dismissed the claimant's application for judicial review of a police search on his way to a mass demonstration on the basis that it was in accordance with of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the European Convention on Human Rights.
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