Defence to claim for personal injury arising out of an assault by a police officer


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Precedents

Defence to claim for personal injury arising out of an assault by a police officer


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ PI & Clinical Negligence expert

Precedents
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[In the High Court of Justice

OR

In the County Court at [insert]]

Claim No: [insert claim number]

[Division]

Claim issued on [day of month 20xx]

Between

  1. 1

    1. 1

      [insert name and details of the Claimant]

    Claimant

and

  1. 2

    1. 1

      [insert name and details of the Defendant]

    Defendant

Defence

    1. 1

      Unless otherwise stated, paragraph numbers in this Defence relate to paragraph numbers in the Particulars of Claim dated [insert date].

    1. 2

      Paragraphs 2 and 3 in the Particulars of Claim are admitted.

    1. 3

      As to Paragraphs 4 to 6, the Defendant will aver as follows:

      1. 3.1

        [Insert details of the incident the Defendant will aver

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Key definition:
Defence definition
What does Defence mean?

The statement of case in which the defendant sets out the facts on which he relies in response to the particulars of claim.

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