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Compensation: Civil actions against the police – what every lawyer must know
Kevin Donoghue explains the basis on which claims against the police are made and provides guidance for lawyers dealing with these cases using a practical example of one of his cases ‘False imprisonment is defined in Clerk & Lindsell on Torts as the “complete deprivation of liberty for any time, however short, without lawful cause”. …
Cases Referenced
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- Bird v Jones [1845] EWHC QB J64
- Buckley and others v Chief Officer of Thames Valley Police [2009] EWCA Civ 356
- Fisher and another v Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary [1997] EWCA Civ 2232
- Flatman v Germany; Weddall v Barchester Health Care Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 278
- Hayes v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2011] EWCA Civ 911
- Hicks v Faulkner [1881] 8 QBD 167
- Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1987] UKHL 12
- Hussein v Chong Fook Kam [1970] AC 942
- Keegan v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2003] EWCA Civ 936
- Liversidge v Anderson [1941] UKHL 1
- Murray v Ministry of Defence [1988] 2 All ER 521
- OHara v Chief Constable of the RUC [1996] UKHL 6
- Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039; [2012] EWCA Civ 1288
- Thompson and Hsu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1997] EWCA Civ 3083