The claimant had acted as police informant for the defendant. He said that the defendant had wrongfully released his identity resulting in him having to seek witness relocation with consequential losses for himself and his partner the co-claimant.
Held: The claim failed. The Defendant did not owe the First Claimant a duty of care in respect of his psychiatric loss.
Silber J
[2013] EWHC 3559 (QB)
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Hertfordshire Police v Van Colle; Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex Police HL 30-Jul-2008
Police Obligations to Witnesses is Limited
A prosecution witness was murdered by the accused shortly before his trial. The parents of the deceased alleged that the failure of the police to protect their son was a breach of article 2.
Held: The House was asked ‘If the police are alerted . .
Cited – Van Colle and Van Colle v The United Kingdom ECHR 9-Feb-2010
Statement of Facts . .
Cited – Van Colle v The United Kingdom ECHR 13-Nov-2012
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Police, Negligence
Updated: 26 November 2021; Ref: scu.518028