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Cumming and others v Chief Constable of Northumbria | 
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| 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 | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
B3/2003/0420 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2003] EWCA Civ 1844 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Butler-Sloss P, Brooke and Latham LJJ | 
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| Date:  | 
17 December 2003 |