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Criminal law [2002] JLR 42

Att. Gen. v Buckley

Att. Gen. v Buckley [2002] JLR 42 (22 January 2002)

Police entry onto a suspect’s property without a warrant to install surveillance equipment was held to be a civil trespass and incompatible with Article 8 privacy rights unless prescribed by law.

  • Police powers
  • Search and seizure
  • Privacy
  • Trespass
  • European convention on human rights
  • Police-powers
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Criminal law [1999] JLR 296

Hill v Att. Gen.

Hill v Att. Gen. [1999] JLR 296 (02 December 1999)

The case concerns police powers to enter private property without a warrant, including forced entry to arrest a reasonably suspected offender or protect someone at risk.

  • Police powers
  • Entry without warrant
  • Search and seizure
  • Police-powers
  • Entry-without-warrant
  • Search-and-seizure
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Criminal law [1991] JLR 232

Clarkin v Att. Gen.

Clarkin v Att. Gen. [1991] JLR 232 (28 August 1991)

The court held that a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 had to name all authorised executors at issue, so a blank warrant was invalid.

  • Search and seizure
  • Search warrants
  • Police powers
  • Search-and-seizure
  • Search-warrants
  • Police-powers
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