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Ashley and another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Ashley and another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
   
Issue: Whether, in a claim for damages arising out of the shooting of a man by police, there should be disclosure of reports into the incident, the burden of proof and test for self-defence, and whether there should be a strike out of claims in battery and misfeasance, negligence having been admitted
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   A2/2005/0776
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWCA Civ 1085
   
Judge(s): Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Auld and Arden LJJ
   
Date: 27 July 2006