Capital & Counties Plc v Hampshire County Council

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date28 March 1996
Date28 March 1996
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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    • Queen's Bench Division
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  • Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 17 June 1999
    ...is acting or purporting to act pursuant to statutory powers or duties. He accepts, at p. 378 the principle assumed in Capital Counties Plc. v. Hampshire County Council [1997] Q.B. 1004, 1040 namely, "there is no general immunity for professionals or others carrying out difficult tasks in st......
  • Costello v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 December 1998
    ...officers. There are, however, decisions about public rescue services which, in my view, have some relevance. 43In Capital & Counties plc v. Hampshire County Council [1997] Q.B. 1004, the Court of Appeal held that the fire brigade are not under a common law duty to answer a call for help and......
  • Kent v Griffiths (No.2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 February 2000
    ...defence the LAS admitted that it was under a duty to respond. However, after the decision of this Court in the case of Capital & Counties Plc v Hampshire County Council [1997] QB 1004.(Stuart-Smith, Potter and Judge LJJ) that a fire brigade was not under a common law duty to answer calls to......
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