The recent decision by the Supreme Court in Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (2018) significantly widens the duty of care of police forces where a member of the public sustains injury through the actions of police officers.
The 76-year-old appellant was knocked over in a street by a group of men, two of whom were police officers, with the third being a suspected drug dealer who was in the process of being arrested. The suspected offender resisted arrest and in the ensuing struggle with the police officers, the offender backed into the appellant and she fell over, suffering an injury.
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