How much force is a person entitled to use of force?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pereverseff v. City of Vancouver, 2007 BCSC 1907 (CanLII):

Further, the courts have recognised that the use of force cannot be precisely measured: see Parrett v. Vanderford et al., 2001 BCSC 23 at para. 86.

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