The teacher claimant had been poisoned when a student got into an unsupervised classroom, and put whiteboard fluid into her drinking water.
Held: The authority should foresee the presence of mischievous pupils, and take reasonable steps to protect others from them. However, in this case it would have been impracticable to have stopped a teacher asking a pupil to pop down a corridor to collect something. The general policy of not allowing unsupervised access to classrooms was a sensible answer.
Judges:
Roger Ter Haar, QC
Citations:
[2009] EWHC 1323 (QB), Times 15-Jul-2009, [2009] ICR 1517
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Negligence, Education
Updated: 08 July 2022; Ref: scu.347104