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Local authority duties: Finding fault
In the first of a two-part analysis, Robert Hams, Lord Edward Faulks QC and Paul Stagg summarise the background to the Court of Appeal decision in CN v Poole Borough Council and the line of relevant authorities on negligence ‘A duty of care is not normally owed to protect a person from the actions of …
Cases Referenced
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- Barrett v London Borough of Enfield [1999] UKHL 25
- Chief Constable of the Hertfordshire Police v Van Colle; Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex Police [2008] UKHL 50
- CN & anor v Poole Borough Council [2016] EWHC 569 (QB)[2017] EWCA Civ 2185
- Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1987] UKHL 12
- JD v East Berkshire Community Health [2003] EWCA Civ 1151
- Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2015] UKSC 2
- S v Gloucestershire County Council; L v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [2000] 3 All ER 346 (CA)
- X (minors) v Bedfordshire County Council; M (a minor) v Newham London Borough Council; E (a minor) v Dorset County Council [1995] UKHL 9
- Z & ors v United Kingdom [2001] ECHR 333