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Masters v Chief Constable of Sussex | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a jury’s finding of excessive use of force was perverse in the light of expert evidence, and whether misfeasance could lie where an officer had taken fingerprints from a person with a broken arm | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
B3/01/2541/A | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2002] EWCA Civ 1482 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Pill and Laws LJJ and Sir Murray Stuart Smith | 
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| Date:  | 
3 October 2002 |