Public authority liability for careless failure to protect from harm
<p>This article considers the UK Supreme Court decision in <em>Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police</em>. It explains the significance of the decision in terms of its affirmation of the principle that public authorities, in the case, the police, are subject to t...
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| description | <p>This article considers the UK Supreme Court decision in <em>Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police</em>. It explains the significance of the decision in terms of its affirmation of the principle that public authorities, in the case, the police, are subject to the same duties of care as private individuals in the tort of negligence. While offering some support for this ‘equality principle’, the article questions whether the principle is justifiably applied so as to restrict public authorities’ liability to that of private individuals.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b5810594-7f7d-4b98-84bf-a4b5d981300c2024-08-27T13:23:10ZPublic authority liability for careless failure to protect from harmJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b5810594-7f7d-4b98-84bf-a4b5d981300cEnglishSymplectic ElementsDe Gruyter2024Steel, S<p>This article considers the UK Supreme Court decision in <em>Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police</em>. It explains the significance of the decision in terms of its affirmation of the principle that public authorities, in the case, the police, are subject to the same duties of care as private individuals in the tort of negligence. While offering some support for this ‘equality principle’, the article questions whether the principle is justifiably applied so as to restrict public authorities’ liability to that of private individuals.</p> |
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