A police informer may abandon anonymity to sue police for promised fees.
Citations:
Times 14-Feb-1997, [1997] EWCA Civ 943, [1997] 1 WLR 1061
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Marks v Beyfus 1890
The plaintiff claimed damages for malicious prosecution. He called the Director of Public Prosecutions as a witness, who refused to identify the name of the person who had given him the information on which he had acted against the plaintiff.
Cited by:
Cited – The Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police v McNally CA 25-Jan-2002
The claimant sought damages against the police for malicious prosecution and otherwise. He sought disclosure of whether a party referred to in the case as X, had at any time been a paid informer. The police appealed an order to disclose this. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Police
Updated: 05 November 2022; Ref: scu.141339