A crucial Supreme Court judgment has dismissed a family’s claim against a council for housing them next to an abusive household, but stressed authorities may still have a duty of care in other circumstances.
The ruling said a claim may be brought against local authorities if it could be proved that the council had taken on responsibility to protect a claimant from third parties.
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