Newsletter

R v Mason and others

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
14.04
R v Mason and others
   
Issue: Whether a Judge who knew the officer who authorised a covert operation should have sat; whether the recordings should have been excluded for non-compliane with Home Office Guidance
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   00/5407, 00/4672, 00/4674, 00/5405
   
Neutral Citation:   [2002] EWCA Crim 385
   
Judge(s): Lord Woolf CJ, Mitchell and Keith JJ
   
Date: 13 February 2002