United Kingdom (2006), High Court of England and Wales

United Kingdom (2006), High Court of England and Wales

Reading Borough Council v. D & Ors
EWHC 1465 Fam

The judgment draws a distinction between information and documents, allowing the police to use the information gathered from disclosure in their criminal investigation, but requiring court permission to use the documents.

“Part of the protection of children and an officer's role in a child protection unit covers the removal of a child from danger. It may also include seeking appropriate bail conditions to ensure that a child does not come into contact with someone charged with an offence whom there is reasonable cause to believe may harm the child… I am satisfied therefore that DC Johnson can use the information but not the documents disclosed to him for both child protection and criminal investigation purposes. However to use the documents he had to seek the court's permission. As I have stated, I readily give that permission.”(Quoted form Original Judgment)

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