Carlisle man who poured boiling water on partner jailed – BBC News
‘A man who beat his partner with a mallet and poured boiling water over her head has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 4th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: false imprisonment
Leeds ‘paedophile hunters’ cleared of assault charges – The Guardian
‘A group of self-styled paedophile hunters have vowed to carry on seeking out child abusers after a jury cleared them of all charges following stings on two men.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Settling for nil damages can still be a genuine Part 36 offer – MR v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1970 QB – Zenith PI
‘The appellant was arrested on suspicion of harassment but was later released without charge, after police had taken fingerprints and DNA samples. The appellant issued a claim for false imprisonment and assault.’
Zenith PI, 5th September 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Offer to settle for no damages was valid under part 36 – Litigation Futures
‘An offer to settle a case for no damages but an admission of liability was a valid part 36 offer and it was not unjust to apply the usual consequences of beating an offer when the claimant won at trial, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Compensation for anti-EDL activists detained by police reaches £729,000 – Daily Telegraph
‘Scotland Yard has paid out £729,000 in compensation to activists who claimed they were unlawfully detained while marching against the English Defence League (EDL).’
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office payout for trafficked man detained in mistaken identity mix-up – The Guardian
‘Vietnamese national was illegally detained for five months after Home Office refused to accept he was not someone else.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
What price freedom? Counting the cost when DoLS goes wrong – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Twenty years on from Bournewood, the case that prompted the introduction of DoLS, and as the Mental Capacity Amendment Bill tolls the death knell for DoLS and introduces as their replacement Liberty Protection Safeguards, the High Court (HHJ Coe sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) has given a sharp reminder of the human and financial cost of what happens when a hospital fails properly to discharge its obligations under the Mental Capacity Act and as a result, falsely imprisons (in a hospital) a patient.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th February 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Police win Michael Barrymore wrongful arrest challenge – The Guardian
‘Police have won a challenge against a decision that had paved the way for entertainer Michael Barrymore to receive substantial damages over a wrongful arrest he says destroyed his career.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Harassment – when new evidence isn’t – Nearly Legal
‘This was Homelets of Bath appeal from first instance judgment against them on Ms T’s claim for harassment under Prevention of Harassment Act 1997 and Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and assault and false imprisonment, with damages to be assessed.’
Nearly Legal, 21st October 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
UK asylum seekers may have been detained unlawfully, rules court – The Guardian
‘Thousands of people may have been unlawfully held in immigration removal centres in recent years, the court of appeal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 4th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Home Office to pay damages for detention of immigrant claimant – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of damages for false imprisonment in the context of immigration detention. The Court found that an unlawful curfew which required residence at a specific address between specific hours each day and which was backed by the threat of criminal sanctions and electronic tagging gave rise to the tort of false imprisonment.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th June 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Man jailed after taking staff hostage at bowling alley – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man who held two members of staff at bowling alley hostage at gun point has been jailed for 12 years today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Mate Crime’ duo jailed for longer after Solicitor General intervenes in their case – Attorney General’s Office
‘Matthew Ward and Marcus Cullumbine have had their sentences increased after the Solicitor General referred them for being too low.’
Attorney General’s Office, 1st March 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Violent’ Somali criminal wins £80k payout for being unlawfully detained for 445 days – Daily Telegraph
‘A “prolific and violent offender” has won £78,500 damages from the Home Office for being unlawfully detained.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foreign Office wants rendition case against Jack Straw to be held in private – The Guardian
‘The Foreign Office is asking the high court to sit in secret when former foreign secretary Jack Straw faces a damages claim over his alleged role in the abduction and torture of a Libyan dissident and his pregnant wife.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Convicted Nigerian fraudster James Ibori wins £1 from UK – BBC News
‘Convicted fraudster and former Nigerian state governor James Ibori has been awarded £1 ($1.30) for being unlawfully detained for 42 hours in the UK.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC reporter Sally Chidzoy’s employment tribunal case struck out – BBC News
‘A BBC TV reporter who claimed she was the victim of a “witch-hunt” has had her case struck out by an employment tribunal.’
BBC News, 13th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hidey hole’ paedophile case reviewed by police watchdog – BBC News
‘Claims authorities missed chances to stop a violent paedophile who kept one of his victims inside a “hidey hole” are to be probed by a watchdog.’
BBC News, 27th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The long arm of the law: Belhaj and Rahmatullah (No.1) – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This blog is the first covering the series of three important judgments given on Tuesday by the Supreme Court on issues arising out of the War on Terror and the United Kingdom’s interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Belhaj and another v Straw and others) and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence and another [2017] UKSC 3 involved the alleged complicity of United Kingdom officials in allegedly tortious acts of the UK or other states overseas. The torts alleged include unlawful detention and rendition, torture or cruel and inhuman treatment and assault.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th January 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Angela Patrick: Blushes and Torture: Act of State Doctrine and Justiciability – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘In a week when Supreme Court watchers expected to dissect the Brexit judgment, the Justices instead handed down their long awaited decision in the joined cases of Belhaj & Ors v Straw & Ors; Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence & Ors [2017] UKSC 3. These appeals both involved unsuccessful attempts to strike out claims based on allegations of UK complicity in international wrongs – including torture and rendition and arbitrary detention – on the basis that our domestic courts should not exercise their jurisdiction in either case.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 19th January 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
