[2007] EWCA Civ 325

The police had been under a duty to take preventive measures to protect a witness who was being threatened and who was subsequently murdered, and they were in breach of that duty and therefore acted incompatibly with the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 Art.2. The judge's award of damages to the witness's estate and to his parents under the Human Rights Act 1998 s.8 had been too high and was reduced.

CA (Civ Div) (Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Sedley LJ, Lloyd LJ)

24/04/2007