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LONSDALE NATHANIEL V THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS (1998)

PUBLISHED February 20, 1998
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Certified questions answered by CA in false imprisonment action including that there was no private law remedy arising from s.64 of PACE Act 1984, no abuse of process in defending against a false imprisonment claim, that s.64 included DNA samples, that no damages were due from proper criminal procedures and that the police had no duty of care after they had given the evidence to the prosecuting authorities.

QBD (Eady J)

20/02/1998

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