Several of the young offenders then stole a boat and crashed it into the yacht of the Claimant.

Dorset v yacht home office. Lord Reids test was rejected in Lamb v Camden. 1970 114 SJ 375. The case is also relevant because.

During their escape they crashed into the claimants boat. The owner sued the home office. Lord Reids test for remoteness.

Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd 1970 AC 1004 House of Lords Some young offenders were doing some supervised work on Brown Sea Island under the Borstal regime. This novel question was recently canvassed by the House of Lords in Home Office v. Borstal trainees working at a harbour were left unsupervised by their borstal officers in.

NEGLIGENCE DUTY OF CARE BOSTRAL OFFICERS DUTY OF CARE TO WHOM PUBLIC POLICY IMMUNITY FROM ACTION. 3 Borstal boys were left unsupervised and damaged a boat. Under the supervision of three officers several Borstal boys who were working on the island where the plaintiffs yacht was moored damages the plaintiffs yacht.

Home Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co 1970 AC 1004 1027D1030E only. Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd 1970 UKHL 2 1970 AC 1004 is a leading case in English tort lawIt is a House of Lords decision on negligence and marked the start of a rapid expansion in the scope of negligence in the United Kingdom by widening the circumstances in which a court was likely to find a duty of careThe case also addressed the liability of government bodies a persons. Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office 1970 Facts.

Where harm is caused is caused through the acts of a 3rd party in this case it was the three home office officers a duty may also be imposed if there is a special relationship between the maker of the omission and that 3rd party. 1970 1 Lloyds Rep. Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gcst.