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- Title
Public Authority Liability for Careless Failure to Protect from Harm.
- Authors
Steel, Sandy
- Abstract
This article considers the UK Supreme Court decision in Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police. 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.
- Subjects
SOUTH Wales; UNITED Kingdom; GOVERNMENT liability; REASONABLE care (Law); POLICE chiefs; LEGAL judgments; TORT theory; APPELLATE courts
- Publication
Journal of Tort Law, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 2, p333
- ISSN
1932-9148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jtl-2023-0040