Cases

Paton & Ors v Poole BC

Issue

1) Whether the authorisation sought and granted within R for directed surveillance of C1 - C5 was for a permissible purpose, i.e. for the prevention or detection of crime;

2) Whether the person granting the authorisation believed that authorisation of directed surveillance of Cs  was necessary on the ground of preventing or detecting crime; and

3) Whether the person granting the authorisation believed that authorised surveillance was proportionate to what was sought to be achieved by carrying it out.

4) Whether, in the absence of valid authorisation under RIPA, R as a public authority had interefered with Cs' Article 8 rights.

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