[2008] UKHL 50

The principle established in Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] A.C. 53 , namely that, in the absence of special circumstances, the police owed no common law duty of care to protect individuals against harm caused by criminals, should be preserved.

HL (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood)

30/07/2008