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Home Office v Butchart

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Home Office v Butchart
   
Issue: Whether there was a duty of care to a prisoner to prevent psychiatric injury arising from placement in a cell with a suicidal prisoner
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B3/2005/1152
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWCA Civ 239
   
Judge(s): May, Latham and Longmore LJJ
   
Date: 15 March 2006