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Mar 10, 2014 · Hicks is significant for two very different reasons: First, there are the obvious consequences for everyday policing when dealing with pre-emptive arrests to prevent a breach of the peace. This scenario is particularly relevant to public order situations.
Apr 25, 2019 · In that case, a person was arrested, detained and then released after one hour, pursuant to public security legislation that permitted a person’s being taken into custody to prevent an imminent commission of a criminal offence.
The power to arrest to prevent a breach of the peace which has not yet occurred is confined to a situation in which the person making the arrest reasonably believes that a breach of the peace is likely to occur in the near future (quoting again from Lord Rodger in Laporte, at para 62).
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The trial judge held that the claimants had failed to prove that either girl suffered before death any injury for which damages fell to be awarded. This decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal. The parents appealed to the House of Lords.
The Supreme Court in the case of R (Hicks) v Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police [2017] UKSC 9 gives some assistance to the police where they seek to arrest persons in light of an imminent breach of the peace and provides a simpler statement of the law than did the Court of Appeal.
Feb 15, 2017 · R (on the application of Hicks and others) (Appellants) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (Respondent) Judgment date. 15 Feb 2017. Neutral citation number [2017] UKSC 9. Case ID. UKSC 2015/0017. Justices. Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath, Lord Toulson, Lord Dyson. Judgment details. Judgment (PDF) Press summary (PDF) Judgment on ...
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