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Masters v Chief Constable of Sussex

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Masters v Chief Constable of Sussex
   
Issue: Whether a jury’s finding of excessive use of force was perverse in the light of expert evidence, and whether misfeasance could lie where an officer had taken fingerprints from a person with a broken arm
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B3/01/2541/A
   
Neutral Citation:   [2002] EWCA Civ 1482
   
Judge(s): Pill and Laws LJJ and Sir Murray Stuart Smith
   
Date: 3 October 2002