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187: Do the police owe potential victims a duty to warn?

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The Implications of the Court of Appeal's Decision in Foreign Sirn

The decision runs contrary to recent Supreme Court authority. Public authorities should be treated in the same way as Negligence, which is committed by private parties. The common law is taught before about something called the Good Samaritan Principle. It's for those sorts of reasons that courts have normally been very reluctant to impose liability for emissions.

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