The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2014] QB 411
Court of Appeal
Sarjantson and another v Chief Constable of Humberside Police
[2013] EWCA Civ 1252
2013 Oct 8;
18
Lord Dyson MR, McFarlane, Sharp LJJ
Negligence— Duty of care— Police— Urgent telephone calls to police indicating imminent attack on claimant victim by group of men— Police slow in responding— Victim suffering serious injury from attackers— Whether prior knowledge of identity of victim required for duty of care to arise by virtue of Convention rights— Whether material that violent incident already ongoing— Whether relevant that timeous response would have made no difference—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3