Sarjantson v Chief Constable of Humberside Police

Subject Matter

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, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3

[2013] EWCA Civ 1252; [2014] QB 411; [2013] 3 WLR 1540; [2014] 1 All ER 960; [2014] Med LR 63; [2013] WLR (D) 393; [2013] Inquest LR 252, CA