The claimant was with Stephen Lawrence when he was murdered by a gang of white youths. He said that the police treatment of him exacerbated the post traumatic stress he suffered.
Held: His claim failed. The allegations against the police might be factually accurate but disclosed no case in law.
Judges:
Lord Justice Clarke
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 407, [2005] 1 WLR 1495
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Brooks v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and others HL 21-Apr-2005
The claimant was with Stephen Lawrence when they were both attacked and Mr Lawrence killed. He claimed damages for the negligent way the police had dealt with his case, and particularly said that they had failed to assess him as a victim of crime, . .
Cited – Sutradhar v Natural Environment Research Council HL 5-Jul-2006
Preliminary Report of Risk – No Duty of Care
The claimant sought damages after suffering injury after the creation of water supplies which were polluted with arsenic. He said that a report had identified the risks. The defendant said that the report was preliminary only and could not found a . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Police, Negligence
Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.170023
