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Akenzua and Coy v Home Secretary and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Akenzua and Coy v Home Secretary and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
   
Issue: Whether the representatives of a murder victim could maintain an action in misfeasance against the Defendants for releasing the assailant from custody
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B1/1999/1213
   
Neutral Citation:   [2002] EWCA Civ 1470
   
Judge(s): Simon Brown, Sedley and Scott Baker LJJ
   
Date: 23 October 2002