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High Court Wellington
11 August; 23 September 1964
Tompkins J.
11 August; 23 September 1964
Tompkins J.
Crown — Liability of Crown for injury caused to prisoner in penal institution through negligence of officer of such institution — Extent of duty of care owed to such a prisoner — Whether such a prisoner an employee of Crown — Crown Proceedings Act 1950, s. 6 (1) (a).
Negligence — Prisoner in penal institution — Whether an employee of Prisons Department — Extent of duty of care owed to him by prison officers — Penal Institutions Act 1954, ss. 16 (1), 20 — Penal Institutions Regulations 1961 (S.R. 1961/161), Reg. 12.
Practice and Procedure — Trial — Right of jury to draw inferences from proved facts.
Prisons — Prisoner in penal institution — Whether an employee of Prisons Department — Extent of duty of care owed to him by prison officers — Penal Institutions Act 1954, ss. 16 (1), 20 — Penal Institutions Regulations 1961 (S.R. 1961/161), Reg. 12.