‘The claimant is a former undercover police officer and the defendant is the Chief Constable of the force of which he was a member. The case concerns a claim for damages for psychiatric injury in the form of an adjustment disorder. The claimant complains that his adjustment disorder arises from a breach of the duty of care owed to him by the Chief Constable, who for the purposes of this claim has accepted vicarious liability for the acts and omissions of the collaborative police unit within which the claimant worked. The context is the claimant’s deployment to another region (outside the area covered by the collaborative unit) as an undercover officer tasked with the obtaining of intelligence in relation to a serious organised criminal group.’
Males J
[2015] EWHC 13 (QB)
Bailii
England and Wales
Personal Injury
Updated: 24 December 2021; Ref: scu.540497