Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:12:57

From: Ken Oliphant

Subject: Brooks v MPC

List members may be interested to note that, according to BBC News online, Duwayne Brooks, the surviving victim of a notorious racist attack in London, has been "awarded" £100,000 damages by the Metropolitan Police in an out-of-court settlement. Last year, the House of Lords struck out his claim for negligence against the police: [2005] UKHL 24, [2005] 1 WLR 1495. It appears that his action continued on the basis that the police were liable for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and breaches of section 20 of the Race Relations Act 1976.

Ken Oliphant, Cardiff Law School, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3XJ

Tel: 029 2087 5365. Web page: http://www.cf.ac.uk/claws/staff/oliphant.html

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