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Police powers and search
  • 26 Jun 2014

    CHAN KAM CHING JOHN BARRY v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

    Citation
    CHAN KAM CHING JOHN BARRY v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAL181/2013

    Given the applicant’s sworn admissions in related proceedings the magistrate necessarily had reasonable suspicion to issue warrants; the warrants sufficiently identified place, offence and documents and their scope was properly narrowed in execution; the warehouse search was lawful (consent and/or s.50(6) as search of place connected to an arrested person); seized files did not attract LPP because either they were non-privileged conveyancing records or fell within the fraud exception as documents made in furtherance of a criminal purpose, therefore the leave application was without realistic…