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07 December 2012
Issue: 7541 / Categories: Case law , Law reports , In Court
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Evidence—Admissibility—Criminal proceedings

Gohil v Gohil [2012] EWCA Civ 1550, [2012] All ER (D) 287 (Nov)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Dyson MR, Lady Justice Hallett and Lord Justice McFarlane, 26 Nov 2012

Unless the requested country has consented to its wider use, s 9(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (CIA 2003) prohibits the use of evidence for any purpose other than that specified in the request without the consent of the requested authority, even where those documents have already been properly put into the public domain. That prohibition applies as much to the use of evidence in other criminal investigations and proceedings as it does to its use in civil proceedings of any description.

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