Chapter 11 Key debates

Intentional torts

Topic:

‘Human Rights: Art 5, its Application to Measures of Crowd Control by Police’

Author:

A. Ashworth

Viewpoint:

An analysis of the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Austin v United Kingdom.

Source:

(2012) Crim LR 544–8

Topic:

‘Police Shootings and the Role of Tort’

Author:

P. Palmer and J. Steele

Viewpoint:

A case commentary analysing the significance of the decision in Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex, including the relationship between the trespass torts and the criminal law, as well as self-defence.

Source:

(2008) 71 MLR 801

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