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This new edition brings the work fully up to date to consider key developments from case law that determine new causes of actions against the police and how that process flows, following the chronological order through a claim, from the stop and search, an arrest, search and seizure, detention and prosecution.
New chapters or sections include:
-Human Rights claims under article 2 (right to life) and article 3 (ill-treatment)
-Injury by police animals
-Protest and surveillance
-Privacy and data protection
-Discrimination, mental health and mental capacity
List of contents
Causes of Action
1 Police Powers to Stop, Detain and Search
2 Imprisonment and Powers of Arrest
3 Powers of Entry, Search and Seizure
4 Detention
5 Malicious Prosecution
6 Negligence and Personal Injury
7 Privacy and Data Protection
8 Mental Health and Mental Capacity
9 Discrimination
10 Police Obligations under Articles 2 And 3 of The European Convention Of Human Rights
11 Protest and Freedom of Speech
Damages
12 Damages in Civil Actions
13 Damages in Human Rights Claims
Procedure For Civil Actions Involving The Police
14 Civil Action Pre-Trial Procedure
15 Civil Action Trial Procedure
16 Costs in Civil Actions
17 Judicial Review
18 Disclosure Into and Out of Family Proceedings, and Restrictions on Police Investigations
About the author
Elliot Gold
Summary
This new edition brings the work fully up to date to consider key developments from case law that determine new causes of actions against the police and how that process flows, following the chronological order through a claim, from the stop and search, an arrest, search and seizure, detention and prosecution.
New chapters or sections include:
-Human Rights claims under article 2 (right to life) and article 3 (ill-treatment)
-Injury by police animals
-Protest and surveillance
-Privacy and data protection
-Discrimination, mental health and mental capacity
Foreword
A practical guide to the law and procedure for all involved in the progress and resolution of actions against the police.
