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Key points. Reasserted the incremental approach to duty of care. Ordinary principles of negligence, namely the omissions rule and its exceptions, apply to public authorities. The police do not benefit from any special immunity from liability based on public policy.
Aug 23, 2022 · Defendant: West Yorkshire Police (on behalf of the actions of their officers) Facts: Mrs Robinson suffered injuries when she was knocked over and fallen on by two Police Officers who were physically apprehending a suspected drug dealer whilst she was in close physical proximity.
Feb 8, 2018 · Robinson (Appellant) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (Respondent) Judgment date. 08 Feb 2018. Neutral citation number [2018] UKSC 4. Case ID. UKSC 2016/0082. Justices. Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes, Lord Hodge. Judgment details. Judgment (PDF) Press summary (PDF) Accessible versions. Judgment (Accessible PDF) Judgment ...
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4 is a leading English tort law case on the test for finding a duty of care. An elderly woman was injured by two police officers attempting to arrest a suspect and she claimed that the police owed her a duty of care not to be put in danger. [1]
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] 2 WLR 595 Supreme Court. The claimant was a 76 year old woman who sustained injuries when she was knocked to the ground by a drug dealer in his escape from arrest.
The Recorder held, however, that the decision in Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53 had conferred on the police an immunity against claims in negligence.
Feb 8, 2018 · Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (Rev 1) Smart Summary (Beta) Facts: Mrs. Robinson was knocked to the ground by two men, including a police officer, during a struggle. The Recorder dismissed Mrs. Robinson's claim after a hearing on liability.
Robinson v. Chief Constable of West Yorkshire. Police: Taking Duty Back to Basics. https://doi.org/10.1515/jtl-2023-0029 Received July 5, 2023; accepted July 5, 2023; published online July 25, 2023.
In 2018, the United Kingdom Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Robinson v. Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, in which a plurality strikingly rejected as misconceived attempts to identify such a general test.
Feb 5, 2014 · Introduction. 1. Mrs Robinson, the Appellant, is the victim of crime, but not in the traditional sense. On 29 July 2008 she was walking down a relatively busy street in Huddersfield when she became caught up in the arrest of a drug dealer. She was knocked to the ground and injured.
