Kirkham v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1989 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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7 cases
- Welsh v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police
- Kirkham v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police
- Kewangan Bersatu Bhd; Tay Kian Hock (t/a Hock Yen Co)
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Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
...true in the case of a prisoner of unsound mind who commits suicide. In Kirkham v. Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police [1989] 3 All E.R. 882, where a prisoner suffering from clinical depression committed suicide in his cell, Tudor Evans J. decided that no share of responsibility......
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Recent Judicial Decisions
...ofviolence (Swinney) or someone whose life might otherwise be atrisk (e.g. prisoners who might commit suicide, Kirkham vAnderton [1989] 3 All ER 882), they will be responsible. TheCourt of Appeal, by refusing to find an assumption of respons-ibility in this case, has prevented a large numb......