ZH v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2013] EWCA Civ 69, [2013] MHLO 9

ZH, a severely autistic, epileptic 19-year-old man, became fixated with the water during a school visit to a swimming pool and would not move from the water's edge: the police were called; when an officer touched him on his back he jumped into the water, fully clothed; the police had him taken out of the pool and restrained him. The police unsuccessfully appealed against the judge's findings on liability (assault, battery and false imprisonment, DDA 1995, ECHR Articles 3, 5, and 8). [Detailed external summary available.]

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ZH v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2013] EWCA Civ 69, [2013] MHLO 9

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