R (GSX) v Southwark Crown Court and Ors [2026] EWHC 538 (Admin) – Ss 8, 9 and 15(6)(b) PACE - s 59(6) and (7) CJPA.
1) s 8(1)(d) PACE prohibits s 8 warrant where reasonable grounds for believing items sought subject to legal professional privilege or are business material held in confidence.
- warrant application defective when not give required information.
- warrant application flawed when includes SIF giving potential impression subject involved in other wrongdoing.
2) court to exercise restraint in preventing recourse to s 59 CJPA jurisdiction (to retain unlawfully seized material).
- not in public interest for person to be better protected from prosecution due to errors by applicant for search warrant.
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