Police Negligence in UK Law
- The Human Rights Act 1999: Opening the Door to Negligence Actions against the Police?
- Negligence and the Duty of Care; the Demise of the Caparo Test; and Police Immunity Revisited: Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
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Strict Liability for Police Nonfeasance? The Kinghan Report on the Riot (Damages) Act 1886
The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 imposes a no‐fault obligation on police forces to compensate owners of property damaged in rioting. Following the riots across England in 2011 an independent Home Office...... ... incentive for the police to perform their duty to keep the peace while averting the questioning of police decision-making that claims in negligence would inevitably require. The best alternative to negligence liability might not be ‘no liability’ (the general position now at common law), or ... ...
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Suing Detectives
In Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and the United Kingdom you can sue a negligent doctor, but not a negligent detective. You can sue both doctors and detectives in Canada and S...... ... Why the difference? Would making detectives liable for negligent police investigations improve their decision making or, as many judges assert, ... from tackling crime? This article explains the civil law of negligence but criticises its judicial application in cases of alleged negligent ... ...
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Duty of Care for Informers
This article considers the use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources, or informers, by law enforcement agencies and examines whether sufficient ‘duty of care’ is being afforded them. It reflects on ...... ... ROGER BILLINGSLEY Retired police superintendent and senior adviser to Metropolitan Police Service on covert ... have claims made against them for a lack of duty of care, or negligence. The use of a transparent risk management process is recommended, and the ... ...
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Subject Index, Volume 83, 2010
... ... see United StatesAttribution theory 219Australiainvestigatory negligence 12police crime 103–104BAC (blood alcohol concentration)250–267Beliefs ... –189Coordination of activity 46–47Corruption 1–4see also Police crimeCostsinvestigatory negligence 22–24Counter-terrorism measures ... ...
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Suicide while in Police Custody
... ... by tyingit to the knob ontheoutside of the hatch, which the police had left open.The joint executrices of his estate sued the police in negligence,thealleged negligence being the leaving of the hatch open, so that the knobwas available as a means of assisting the act of suicide.Section 1(1) of ... ...
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Suicide while in Police Custody
... ... by tyingit to the knob ontheoutside of the hatch, which the police had left open.The joint executrices of his estate sued the police in negligence,thealleged negligence being the leaving of the hatch open, so that the knobwas available as a means of assisting the act of suicide.Section 1(1) of ... ...
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The Role of the Public Prosecutor with Treatment of Suspects Involving Suspended Prosecution Disposition in Accordance with the Crime Investigation Policy of Police in Japan
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the prosecution system granted only to public prosecutors (PPs), in regard to prosecution proceedings in accordance with the crime investigation polic...... ... calculated by type of offence including non-traffic ... prosecution procedure’ which ensures that ... penal code offences (NTPC), negligence in the ... complainants, victims and others have the ... pursuit of social activities on the occasion of traffic ... right to request reviews ... ...
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Liability of Police for Not Catching a Killer
... ... Stevensoni, the law of negligence has been in a state of constant development, expansion and refmement. The following classic definition provided by Lord Atkin in that ... ...
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