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Cumming and others v Chief Constable of Northumbria

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Cumming and others v Chief Constable of Northumbria
   
Issue: Whether the arrests of 6 people of good character had been lawful when they (and only they) had the opportunity to commit the offence but where only a maximum of one or two people were likely to have actually been involved in the offence
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B3/2003/0420
   
Neutral Citation:   [2003] EWCA Civ 1844
   
Judge(s): Butler-Sloss P, Brooke and Latham LJJ
   
Date: 17 December 2003