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The Weekly Law Reports

[2023] 1 WLR 2300

Supreme Court

*Rex (Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct

[2023] UKSC 24

2023 March 13, 14; July 5

Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC

Police— Discipline— Misconduct— Police officer shooting and killing suspect in mistaken belief suspect armed— Whether officer having case to answer for gross misconduct in using unreasonable force— Whether reasonableness of force used to be assessed by reference to criminal law test relating to self-defence or civil law test— Police (Conduct) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2632), Sch 2

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