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Nominal definition

What does Nominal mean? Nominal describes a stated, face or token amount used in legal and financial documents, without adjustment for inflation or reference to market value. In finance and investment, a nominal return is the before-inflation figure; the real return is inflation‑adjusted. Where inflation is positive, a nominal return will exceed the real return. For debt securities, the nominal (par or face) value is the principal amount on which interest is calculated and which is repaid at maturity. See also principal. In company law, nominal value (par value) commonly refers to the amount per share stated in a company’s constitution and used for share...

Arrest Necessity and Lawfulness: PACE Code G, Reasonable Suspicion, Voluntary Attendance, Breach of the Peace and Cross-Border Powers—Guidance and Case Law

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Practice notes

Lawful arrest—human rights

Liberty is a core guarantee under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998), which incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (refer to Practice Note: An introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998). Exercising the power to arrest constitutes a serious encroachment upon that liberty. Where a person is detained unlawfully, it is a trespass to the person and constitutes false imprisonment. Whether an arrest is lawful depends on stringent statutory requirements.

Lawful arrest—the test

The governing test is one of necessity and has two limbs:

involvement, or suspected involvement, of the person in the commission of a criminal offence, and
reasonable grounds to believe that arrest is necessary

Reasonable belief

Under section 24(1)(c) and (d) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984), a constable may arrest, without a warrant, any individual whom they have reasonable grounds to suspect is about to commit an offence, or is in the act of committing an offence...

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