'It would be unrealistic to suggest that, when recognising and developing an established [duty of care] category, the courts are not influenced by policy considerations ... The courts are not a Law Commission, but, in recognising the existence of any generalised duty in particular circumstances they are making policy choices, in which considerations such as proximity and fairness, justice and reasonableness must inhere' (LORD MANCE, Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (2018)).

Discuss.