View source for Parker v Chief Constable of Essex Police (2018) EWCA Civ 2788

{{Case
|Date=2018/12/11
|NCN=[2018] EWCA Civ 2788
|ICLR=[2018] WLR(D) 755
|Other citations=[2019] 1 WLR 2238
|Court=Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
|Judges=Leveson, Hallett, Ernest Ryder
|Parties=Michael Ciaran Parker, Chief Constable of Essex Police
|Judicial history first case=Parker v Chief Constable of Essex Police (2017) EWHC 2140 (QB)
|Sentence=Nominal damages (Barrymore)
|Summary="In the early hours of 31 March 2001, Michael Parker (a celebrity entertainer who is better known by his stage name, Michael Barrymore) returned to his home with eight guests. ... In relation to Mr Parker, that arrest was to be effected by Det. Con. Susan Jenkins who had played a central role in the re-investigation and was well aware of the evidence: she believed she had reasonable grounds both to suspect Mr Parker of committing an offence and to conclude that it was necessary to effect his arrest. In the event, she was detained in traffic and a surveillance officer (P.C. Cootes) was ordered to effect the arrest, which he did. ... For these reasons, I would conclude that Stuart-Smith J was correct to conclude that there were reasonable grounds both to suspect Mr Parker of committing an offence and that it was necessary to arrest him. Equally, however, I have no doubt that had things been done as they should have been done (to quote Baroness Hale in Kambadzi), a lawful arrest would have been effected. Thus, I would allow this appeal and, in answer to the issue posed by the Master, declare that Mr Parker is entitled to nominal damages only."
|Subject=Unlawful detention cases
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2019/04/30 10:59:34 PM
}}