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Larrier v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
14.04
Larrier v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police
   
Issue: Whether, in a claim for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution where the credibility of the officers was in issue, a judge had been entitled to dismiss the claim without asking the jury to resolve a central factual issue
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B2/2003/2361
   
Neutral Citation:   [2004] EWCA 246
   
Judge(s): Butler-Sloss P, Potter and Mummery LJJ
   
Date: 25 February 2004