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Ward v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2003] EWCA Civ 1152

Implied power for magistrate to impose 'any condition which can sensibly relate to the execution of a warrant in a way which protects the interests of the person liable to be removed whilst furthering the object of the grant of the warrant'. The conditions were not followed so the removal and detention was unlawful.

Overturned by House of Lords: Ward v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2005] UKHL 32

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