Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd

Subject Matter

PUBLIC POLICY — Illegality — Civil claim — Claimant tried for murder but found not guilty by reason of insanity and detained in hospital — Claimant bringing claim in negligence in respect of his care in days preceding killings — Claimant seeking to recover for damage suffered by him as consequence of killings — Whether claim barred on grounds of illegality — Trial of Lunatics Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c 38), s 2 — Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c 84), s 5

[2022] EWHC 1213 (QB); [2023] QB 229; [2022] 3 WLR 677; [2023] 2 All ER 254; [2022] WLR(D) 227, QBD

PUBLIC POLICY — Illegality — Civil claim — Claimant tried for murder but found not guilty by reason of insanity — Claimant bringing claim in negligence in respect of his care prior to killings — Claimant seeking to recover for damage suffered by him as consequence of killings — Whether claim barred on grounds of illegality — Trial of Lunatics Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c 38), s 2(1) — Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c 84), s 5

[2024] EWCA Civ 138; [2024] KB 745; [2024] 2 WLR 1377; [2024] 3 All ER 833; [2024] WLR(D) 78, CA

Appellate History