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27 October 2017
Issue: 7767 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Negligence

Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60, [2017] All ER (D) 87 (Oct)

The defendant local authority was vicariously liable to the claimant for the abuse she had suffered as a child whilst being placed with foster parents while in the care of the defendant. The Supreme Court found that the conditions in the case of Cox v Ministry of Justice had been met and reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal Civil Division. However the Supreme Court found that the authority was not under a non-deligable duty of care.

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