The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2008] QB 246
Court of Appeal
Jain and another v Trent Strategic Health Authority
[2007] EWCA Civ 1186
2007 June 19;
Nov 22
Nov 22
Arden, Jacob and Wilson LJJ
Negligence— Duty of care to whom?— Registration authority— Authority applying ex parte for order for cancellation of registration in respect of nursing home— Application made on basis of slipshod investigation and inaccurate information— Proprietors of home suffering financial loss as result of cancellation order by magistrate— Whether relationship of proximity between proprietors and authority— Whether fair, just and reasonable to impose duty of care— Whether authority owing common law duty of care to proprietors— Whether magistrates’ order causing loss—
Registered Homes Act 1984 (c 23), s 30