The system devised by Customs and Excise of applying to the Attorney-General for him to nominate a member of the Bar to sift through the documents seized from a solicitor's office, where some but not all might be subject to legal professional privilege, before a decision was made as to which of them should be retained, was a scheme which protected the solicitor concerned and Customs and Excise and reduced substantially the areas of dispute. * Leave to appeal to the House of Lords refused.

QBD (Rose LJ, Brian Smedley J)

04/10/1999