Cleveland Police v Watson: CA 10 Jul 2001

The Chief Constable renewed his application for leave to appeal against a judgment for damages for assault and malicious prosecution, saying that the judge had incorrectly not allowed mention of some of the claimant’s convictions.
Held: Some of the convictions were spent and had been correctly excluded.

Citations:

[2001] EWCA Civ 1144

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 7(3)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Torts – Other, Police, Evidence

Updated: 27 June 2022; Ref: scu.218296