Police Powers

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

• Right to liberty and security
• limited right, and when it can be interfered with
• Statutory power PACE

Question 2

Main body (arrest)

Answer 2

1. Reasonable suspicion
2. Reasonable grounds for believing arrest is necessary
3. Inform defendant he’s under arrest

Question 3

Main body (detention)

Answer 3

1. Is it necessary for detainment
2. First review
3. Second review
4. Extended detention authority
5. Further detention permission

Question 4

Legal advice

Answer 4

1. S.58
2. S.76
3. S.78

Question 5

Right to fair trial

Answer 5

1. Right to silence
2. Privilege against self-incrimination
3. Exclusion of evidence

Question 6

Legal remedies against the police

Answer 6

• inadmissibility of evidence
• habeas corpus
• civil proceedings
• JR claim