A person who is declared by law to be guilty of a crime cannot be allowed to recover damages against another person who has participated in its commission.
Lord Lyndhurst said: ‘I can see no reason, for my part, why a defendant, who is not participating in a crime, should be in a less favourable position.’
Judges:
Lord Lyndhurst
Citations:
(1834) 1 Cr and R 73
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police CA 31-Jul-2001
The police were not under any duty to protect someone who had been arrested from injuring himself in an attempt to escape. The claimant had a history of seeking to avoid capture by jumping from his flat window. On this occasion he injured himself in . .
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Torts – Other
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.219256
