The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2002] QB 347
Court of Appeal
Orange
v
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
[2001] EWCA Civ 611
2001 April 3;
May 1
May 1
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers MR, Peter Gibson and Latham LJJ
Negligence
— Duty of care to whom?
— Police
— Prisoner committing suicide by hanging himself with own belt from crossbar in cell whilst in police custody
— No reason to believe prisoner to be suicide risk
— Whether general duty to prevent prisoners committing suicide
— Whether arising only where prisoner known or reasonably believed to be suicide risk
— Whether duty to take reasonable steps to identify whether prisoner suicide risk
— Whether police negligent in placing prisoner in cell with crossbar or in allowing him to retain belt
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