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Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
   
Issue: Whether the police owed a duty of care to prevent a prisoner in custody committing suicide; whether the defences of volenti non fit injuria or novus actus interveniens applied; and whether the deceased was contributorily negligent
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Judge(s): Lords Hoffmann, Mackay, Jauncey, Hope and Hobhouse
   
Date: 15 July 1999