2017-01-26 Ex-grammar school pupil, 21, is jailed for manslaughter after he did nothing to help a 17-year-old girl he watched drown in the sea
Morally maybe it is. But in English common law no one is legally obliged to attempt a rescue of another, even someone drowing. Otherwise where would it end?
Duty to Rescue
Hopefully the UK leaving the EU will put an end to this drip-drip pollution of our law by alien continental European legal principles!
Morally maybe it is. But in English common law no one is legally obliged to attempt a rescue of another, even someone drowing. Otherwise where would it end?
Duty to Rescue
In the common law of most anglosphere countries, there is no general duty to come to the rescue of another.[1] Generally, a person cannot be held liable for doing nothing while another person is in peril.[2][3] However, such a duty may arise in two situations:
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