Hearings
Northern Ireland
19 Dec 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 172; [1980] 1 All ER 166; 70 Cr App R 224, HL(NI)
Farrell (formerly McLaughlin) v Secretary of State for Defence
Subject Matter
CRIME — Northern ireland — Crime — Prevention of — Suspected bomb attack on bank — Soldiers shooting and killing man acting suspiciously — Action by widow alleging negligence and assault and battery by soldiers — Whether force used by soldiers “reasonable in the circumstances” — Whether negligence by others in planning of operation, if proved, depriving soldiers of defence — Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, s 3 (1)