United Kingdom duty of carepublic authority liabilitypolice liability

Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire

[1987] UKHL 12

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1987

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: the alternative bases of (i) the police owed no specific duty of care to a member of the general public, and (ii) on public policy grounds

Area of Law

Tort

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