Because children can injure themselves in so many ways, someone caring for them is not universally liable for injury to a child in their care.
A duty owed in respect of a parent’s own child may be lower.
Citations:
[1991] 2 FLR 559, Independent 27-Mar-1991
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council SC 18-Oct-2017
The claimant had been abused as a child by foster parents with whom she had been placed by the respondent authority. The court was now asked, the Council not having been negligent, were they in any event liable having a non-delegable duty of care . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Negligence
Updated: 19 September 2022; Ref: scu.645791