Williams v Summerfield
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1972 |
| Year | 1972 |
| Court | Divisional Court |
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Divisional Court
...indeed they have always done in relation to the samesituation under s 7 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879: cf WilliamsvSummerfield[1972]2 QB 512 with R v Maidstone CC, ex pWaitt[1988]Crim LR 384. In the present case, Bingham U spoke at length upon thedifficulty of balancing the two pu......
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The constitutional invalidity of warrantless drugs searches in South Africa
...and have enjoined magistrates to be mindful of their important responsibil-ities in this context. Thus in Williams vSummerfield [1972] 2 QB 512, for example, LordWidgery CJ commented that, ‘generations of justices have, or I would hope have beenbrought up to recognise that the issue of a se......