Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • National Westminster Bank Plc v Spectrum Plus Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Junio 2005
    ... ... amounts paid by way of taxes unconstitutionally imposed began with the first year in which they ... It opened an account with the bank, obtained an overdraft facility of £250,000 and, on 30 ... There is no evidence that any instructions regarding Spectrum's ... ...
  • The “Maduro Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela v The “Guaidó Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela
    • Supreme Court
    • 20 Diciembre 2021
    ... ... The Maduro Board then sought and obtained permission to appeal (from Hickinbottom LJ) ... regimes which come to power unconstitutionally in the light of our assessment of whether they ... to have been treated as a question of evidence. Similarly, in The Charkieh (1873) LR 4 A & E ... ...
  • Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company (Nos 4 & 5)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 Marzo 2002
    ... ... He then heard oral evidence on two days in December 1991 and on one day in ... 157 Mr Saffi had obtained informal permission to station a few IAC aircraft ... regimes which come to power unconstitutionally in the light of our assessment of whether they ... ...
  • CF v The Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 12 Abril 2013
    ... ... implicit in the scheme that if there is evidence that justifies the bringing of a criminal charge, ... as to whether the evidence has been obtained by torture or not. (See Lord Bingham a t ... a new regime comes to power unconstitutionally the attitude of Her Majesty's Government on the ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
  • 2017 Mid-Year Cross-Border Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Review
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Welcome to BakerHostetler’s 2017 Mid-Year Cross-Border Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Review. This edition delivers news, analysis and insights into key developments in the cr...
    ... ... under the Dodd-Frank Act were unconstitutionally vague because they encompass innocuous ... testimony did not “taint” the evidence used by the government.43 ... The case, ... , holding that incriminating statements obtained by foreign ... governments must be ... ...
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