| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 07 (May) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Lord Phillips MR, Peter Gibson and Latham LJJ |
| Representation | Tim Own QC (instructed by Ison Harrison & Co, Leeds) for the claimant. |
| Christopher G Johnston (instructed by the Force Solicitor, West Yorkshire Police Force) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 1 May 2001 |
Catchwords
Police - Negligence - Duty to take care - Person in custody - Person committing suicide - Whether police officers owing deceased a duty to take care to prevent him from committing suicide.
The Case
The obligation to take care to prevent a prisoner from taking his own life deliberately only arose where the custodian knew or ought to have known that the individual prisoner presented a suicide risk.
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