HL held that the borstal officers for whom the Home Office HO was vicariously liable owed a duty to take such care as was reasonable in the circumstances to prevent the boys damaging.

Dorset yacht co v home office. Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd 1970Some young offenders were doing some supervised work on Brown Sea Island under the Borstal regime. The defendants had failed to prevent the escape an omission. Several of the young offenders then stole a boat and crashed it into the yacht of the Claimant.

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. Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd 1970 AC. Home Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co 1970 AC 1004 1027D1030E only.

149 and DArcy vPrison Commissioners Times Newspaper 15th November 1955 it wasassumed in the absence of argument to the contrary that the legal custodianof a prisoner detained in a prison owed to the plaintiff another prisonerconfined in the same prison a duty of care to prevent the first prisoner fromassaulting the plaintiff and causing him physical injuries. For a cause not be too remote the act of a third party must be both reasonably foreseeable and very likely. Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd.

Any duty of a borstal officer to use reasonable care to prevent a borstal trainee from escaping. The boat owners sued the Home Office alleging negligence by the prison officers. The document also included supporting commentary from author Craig Purshouse.

Appeal from Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office HL 6-May-1970 1970 AC 1004 1970 2 WLR 1140 1970 2 All ER 94 1970 UKHL 2 A yacht was damaged by boys who had escaped from the supervision of prison officers in a nearby Borstal institution. Judgement for the case Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co. C sued the Home Office which employed the borstal officers.

One night the Borsta. Borstal officers were required to supervise young offenders who were working on Brown Sea Island however the officers left the boys unsupervised. Ltd 1970 AC 1004.