Wrongful Arrest in UK Law
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Thompson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
... ... The damages were for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault. In the case of Miss Thompson the ... ...
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O'Hara v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
... ... The appeal can be decided on narrow grounds. The arrest was prima facie unlawful. At trial the respondent sought to justify the ... a matter of policy to provide him with a defence to a claim for wrongful arrest. Such considerations may possibly explain why article 5(1) of the ... ...
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R v Howell (Errol)
... ... unreasonable force in a proper endeavour to escape from unlawful arrest we cannot be sure. At best we feel able to say there are indications that ... , struck Hammersley, he was acting lawfully in escaping from a wrongful arrest in that he was using no more force than was necessary for the ... ...
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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
... ... So he may be liable in damages for assault, unlawful arrest, wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution, and also for negligence ... ...
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Liversidge v Anderson
... ... The power of arrest is confided by the common law both to constables and to private ... a constable defending an action for false imprisonment or wrongful arrest were to give in evidence that an informant whom he believed and had ... ...
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Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
... ... the third was a suspected drug dealer whom they were attempting to arrest. As they struggled, the men knocked into Mrs Robinson and they all fell to ... So he may be liable in damages for assault, unlawful arrest, wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution, and also for negligence .” (p ... ...
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Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary
... ... cover the police and local and other officials exercising search or arrest without a warrant: "and it may be that in the future it will be ... , arbitrary or unconstitutional acts of government servants, and wrongful conduct calculated to yield a benefit in excess of the compensation likely ... ...
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Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd
... ... action lies though nothing ensued but an excommunication, and no [arrest], nor any express damage laid" ... 43 ... outcome of the application for judicial review as not to be wrongful. But the main ground was that the tort did not enable recovery for general ... ...
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O'Brien v Chief Constable of South Wales Police
... ... He sued for assault, unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. He sought discovery of ... the Metropolis (18 February 1993) the claimants were suing for wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution by three police officers. They had been ... ...
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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
... ... part of the police would have resulted in the attacker's previous arrest. If the answer is "No", then the plaintiff must fail and there will be no ... 22 Further, the police are liable for assault, unlawful arrest, wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution ... 23 All the above are, ... ...
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