In (1) Christina Morgan (on her own behalf as administratrix of the estate of Karl Lewis) (2) Courtney Morgan (by her litigation friend Christina Morgan) v (1) Ministry of Justice (2) The Crown [2010], it was held that duties owed to inmates of prisons are non-delegable. A claim was brought in negligence following the suicide of 18 year old Karl Lewis. The Crown accepted responsibility for the acts and omissions of the medical staff that worked at the institution, but not other separate bodies, such as the probation service. It was held that the duty of care imposed on the Crown (specifically) was restricted by section 2 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 and, as a result, the Crown should not be held responsible for any breach of duty of a non-Crown body.
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(1) Christina Morgan (on her own behalf as administratrix of the estate of Karl Lewis) (2) Courtney Morgan (by her litigation friend Christina Morgan) v (1) Ministry of Justice (2) The Crown
- RPC
- Cass Browning
- United Kingdom
- December 6 2010
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