Cannon & Rochford v Tahche & Ors

• 1. Tort
  2. › Misfeasance in public office
  3. › Elements of the tort
  4. › Deliberate and malicious abuse of power by public officer
  5. › Whether tort requires misuse of public power attached to office
  6. › Whether tort confined to exercise of executive or administrative power
• 1. Tort
  2. › Misfeasance in public office
  3. › Meaning of 'public office'
  4. › Criteria for determining public office
  5. › Whether prosecutor briefed from independent Bar holds public office
  6. › Whether instructing solicitor employed by DPP holds public office
• 1. Tort
  2. › Misfeasance in public office
  3. › Prosecutor's duty of disclosure
  4. › Whether duty owed to court or to accused
  5. › Whether breach of duty of disclosure can found action for misfeasance in public office
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Prosecution
  3. › Prosecutor's duty of disclosure
  4. › Nature of duty as ethical obligation owed to court
  5. › Discretionary character of duty
  6. › Whether duty continues post-trial
  7. › Whether duty enforceable at suit of accused

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