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Baker v CPS

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Baker v CPS
   
Issue: Whether an officer, having entered premises in order to save life and limb, was entitled to search the occupant without having first explained his reasons
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/9639/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 299 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Sir Anthony May (President of the Queen’s Bench Division), Silber J
   
Date: 27 January 2009