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R (Bennett) v HM Coroner for Inner South London; Officers A and B (First and Second Interested Parties) and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Third Interested Party)

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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R (Bennett) v HM Coroner for Inner South London; Officers A and B (First and Second Interested Parties) and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Third Interested Party)
   
Issue: Whether the requirement in Art 2 ECHR that state agents should use no more force than absolutely necessary differed materially from the English common law test of using such force as was reasonable in self-defence or in defence of another; whether the coroner had erred in refusing to leave a verdict of unlawful killing to the jury
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/1445/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 196 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Collins J
   
Date: 3 February 2006