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R v CHIEF CONSTABLE OF NORTHUMBRIA CONSTABULARY, EX PARTE ALAN THOMPSON (2000)

PUBLISHED July 20, 2000
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It was only in unusual and pressing circumstances that the police were likely to be justified in invoking the power under Code C to exclude a solicitor's representative from a police station. However, an ex police officer, who had been dismissed from the police force and had an appeal pending, who attended a police station as a solicitor's representative were circumstances in which the police could exclude that person on the grounds of a conflict of interest which would hinder a criminal investigation.

QBD (Admin) (Gibbs J)

20/07/2000

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