Objective reasonableness of using taser

Afriyie v Commissioner of the Police for the City of London [2024] EWCA Civ 1269

The use of tasers by the police has been a cause for concern for many years, and the recent case reported here highlights the importance of proportionality and an honest and reasonable belief by police officers in the need to defend themselves, as well as the need to ensure that the force used was reasonable in the circumstances,