Common Duty of Care

Common duty of care in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of common duty of care.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• common duty of care in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• common duty of care in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Common Duty of Care

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Common Duty of Care : The duty of an occupier of land or premises to take reasonable care to see that visitors will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which they are invited or permitted to be there.

See occupier’s liability.