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Home Office v Mary and Alan Wainwright

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Home Office v Mary and Alan Wainwright
   
Issue: Whether strip searches of prison visitors were lawful; the impact of s3(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to events occurring before its commencement.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B3/2001/1008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2001] EWCA 2081
   
Judge(s): Woolf LCJ, Mummery and Buxton LJJ
   
Date: 20 December 2001