Curtin search warrant 'had not expired'

I REFER to the Judge Curtin trial ruling (Irish Examiner, April 24).

As at present advised, there is an abundance of common law precedent, which has been settled, consistently followed and applied for almost two centuries, supporting the not unreasonable proposition that in calculating the period of time within which some act must be done from a specified date, the day of that date is not to be included (Lester v Garland {1808} 15. Ves., 248 and other subsequent decisions).

Section 7 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 provides for the issue of a search warrant to enter premises within seven days from the date of the warrant.