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Connor v Secretary of State for Scotland | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether there was a breach of a duty of care towards an officer in placing prisoners together where such placement increased the risk of attack and/or in failing to tell him that the prisoners had been placed together | 
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| Court:  | 
Outer House Court of Session | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lord Philip | 
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| Date:  | 
16 December 1999 |