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B v (1) Reading Borough Council (2) Wokingham District Council (3) Thames Valley Police

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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B v (1) Reading Borough Council (2) Wokingham District Council (3) Thames Valley Police
   
Issue: Whether the police owed a duty of care to a suspected perpetrator of child abuse; whether the findings of a judge in family proceedings were binding in subsequent civil proceedings; whether the police were liable for misfeasance in respect of an investigation of alleged child abuse
   
Court: High Court, QBD
   
Reference:   HQ02X01802
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 998 (QB)
   
Judge(s): Mackay J
   
Date: 24 June 2009