Liability of Police for Not Catching a Killer

[1932] A.C. 562.

[1987] 2 W.L.R. 1126.

e.g., see Anns v. Merton London Borough Council [1978] A.C. 728; Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd. v. Home Office [1970] A.C. 1004; Hedley Byrne & Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners Ltd. [1964] A.C. 465; McLoughlin v. O'Brian [1983] A.C. 410 (see Khan , 12 Anglo-American Law Review 263).

see Khan , “Recognition of Vicarious Liability for the Wrongful Acts of Police” (1977) Police Journal 240–47.

[1983] Q.B. 1034.

[1968] 2 Q.B. 118. As to the legal responsibilities and discretions of a police officer, see Gillance Khan “Constitutional Independence of Police Constable in the Exercise of the Powers of his Office” (1975) Police Journal, 55–62.

[1985] A.C. 210.

[1956] A.C. 696.

For example, see the Home Office case, supra; the Hedley Byrne case, supra; the Anns case, supra; Dutton v. Bognor Regis Urban District Council (1972) 136 J.P. 201; [1972] 1 Q.B. 373; Sparham-Souter v. Town and Country Developments (Essex) Ltd [1976] 1 Q.B. 858; S.C.M. (United Kingdom) Ltd. v. W.J. Whittal & Sons Ltd [1971] 1 Q.B. 337; Ross v. Counter [1979] 3 All E.R. 580; McLoughlin v. O'Brian, supra.

[1969] 2 All E.R. 564. See also The Vicar of Writtle v. Essex County Council (1979) 77 L.G.R. 656; Smith v. Scott [1973] Ch. 314; Ellis v. Home Office [1953] 2 Q.B. 135. See also Hampson , “Escaping Borstal Boys” [1969] C.L.J. 273.

See Pearce Lord Devlin Lord in Hedley Byrne, supra.

[1969] 1 A.C. 191.

The following cases had been distinguished by the trial Judge: Marshall v. Osmond, supra; Knightley v. Johns [1982] 1 W.L.R. 349; Rigby v. Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [1985] 1 W.L.R. 1242.

It is now envisaged to widen the Scheme and make it statutory rather than discretionary: See the Criminal Justice Act 1986.