Illegally Obtained Evidence in UK Law

  • R v Sang (on Appeal from HM Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))
    • House of Lords
    • 25 July 1979
    ... ... the prosecution to prove its case by evidence ... 2 In support of this submission counsel ... on the ground that it has been unfairly obtained. In addition there is one actual decision of the ... If it was obtained illegally there will be a remedy in civil law; if it was ... ...
  • Imerman v Tchenguiz and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 July 2010
    ... ... on “the nature of the information obtained and its source”. He did not find any unlawful ... first defendant arguing that there was evidence that the claimant would seek to hide his assets ... evidence which had been wrongly, even illegally, obtained from him) ... 177 ... ...
  • Kuruma v The Queen
    • Privy Council
    • 1955
    ... ... East Africa (Kenya) - Criminal Law - Evidence - Illegally obtained - Test of admissibility - ... ...
  • R v Sang
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 13 December 1978
    ... ... the fact that he hoped to establish from evidence given at such a trial within a trial by ... objected to, even when it has been obtained in circumstances which it is difficult not to ... that that evidence, having been illegally obtained, was inadmissible or if not ... ...
  • Ghani v Jones
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • MA (Somalia) and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 November 2010
    ... ... He entered the United Kingdom illegally on 7 May 1995 and applied for asylum on 24 May ... After considering evidence about the situation of the Isaaq clan in ... not closed (eg it included those who had obtained student visas) ... 23 All three members ... ...
  • Lawrie v Muir
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 14 October 1953
    ... ... and Muir Evidence—Competency—Evidence improperly dence obtained by illegal search of premises—Dairy keeper icted of illegally using milk bottles belonging to other ... ...
  • R v Horseferry Road Magistrates Court ex parte Bennett (A.P.)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 June 1993
    ... ... of the Supreme Court of South Africa obtained by a lawyer on his behalf on the afternoon of 21 ... Divisional Court held that even if the evidence showed collusion between the Metropolitan Police ... of jurisdiction in which he had been illegally arrested to another area as tantamount to ... ...
  • Memory Corporation and Another v Sidhu and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 January 2000
    ... ... to inform court of possibility that evidence in support of application obtained illegally - ... ...
  • Archbolds (Freightage) Ltd v S. Spanglett Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 15 December 1960
    ... ... 2 Approached in this way — and the evidence to the contrary was not in my view very ... or is intended to be performed illegally, the law will not help the plaintiffs in any way ... vehicle had no "A" licence; one might be obtained in time and the court will not decide the ... ...
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