Private Law Theory

INTRODUCTION
The law in relation to the potential liability of a public authority in negligence is a frequent visitor to the UK courts with a steady stream of key decisions having been handed down by our superior courts in recent years. The case of Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 can now be added to that body of jurisprudence. Although Tindall related to the potential liability of a police authority, public authority liability can, of course, extend to a broad range of potential defenders such as ministers of state, prison authorities, local authorities and rescue services (and indeed any other body which performs functions in the public interest) …

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Eleanor J Russell, ‘Liability of police authorities – Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police considered’ [2025] (2) Juridical Review 101-113.