Crown Privilege

Crown privilege in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Crown privilege. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Crown privilege in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Crown privilege in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Crown Privilege

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Crown Privilege : The right of the Crown to withhold documentary evidence in any legal proceedings on the grounds that its disclosure would injure the public interest. It was expressly preserved by the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (See Crown proceedings). In certain limited cases, however, the courts have demanded to inspect documents for which *privilege is claimed and rejected the claim as unwarranted.