Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire information
Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
Milgarth Police Station, Leeds
Court
House of Lords
Full case name
Hill (Administratrix of the Estate of Jacqueline Hill, deceased) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
Decided
28 April 1988
Citations
[1987] UKHL 12 [1989] AC 53 [1988] 2 All ER 238 [1988] 2 WLR 1049
Court membership
Judges sitting
Lord Keith of Kinkel Lord Brandon of Oakbrook Lord Templeman Lord Oliver of Aylmerton Lord Goff of Chieveley
Keywords
Duty of care
Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1987] UKHL 12, [1989] AC 53 was a judicial decision of the House of Lords in relation to the claim by the mother of Jacqueline Hill (one of the last victims of Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper") against West Yorkshire Police that their negligence in failing to apprehend the killer resulted in her daughter's death.[1]
The House of Lords unanimously struck out the claim as disclosing no justiciable cause of action, upholding the decision of the judge at first instance and of the Court of Appeal.[1][2][3] The claim was struck out on the alternative bases of (i) the police owed no specific duty of care to a member of the general public, and (ii) on public policy grounds.
^ abCharlesworth & Percy on Negligence (12th ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. 2010. para 2-88. ISBN 9780414040151.
^"Hill v Chief Constable Of West Yorkshire [1988] 2 WLR 1049". Law Teacher. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^"Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1988] 2 WLR 1049 House of Lords". e-lawresources.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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