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R V (1) CHIEF CONSTABLE OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE (2) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, EX PARTE S : R V (1) CHIEF CONSTABLE OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE (2) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, EX PARTE MICHAEL RAYMOND MARPER (2002)

PUBLISHED September 12, 2002
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[2002] EWCA Civ 1275

The system of retaining DNA samples and fingerprint evidence after a suspect had been cleared of the offence that gave rise to the collection of those items of evidence was compatible with both Art.8 and Art.14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. * Application for leave to the House of Lords pending.

CA (Civ Div) (Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ, Waller LJ, Sedley LJ)

12/09/2002

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