Muuse v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted April 30th, 2010 in appeals, damages, detention, law reports, misfeasance in public office by sally

Muuse v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2010] EWCA Civ 453;; [2010] WLR (D) 108

“When considering an award of exemplary damages in respect of the oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional conduct of government officials where the conduct complained of was considered by the court to be outrageous, it was not necessary to show further that the outrageous conduct disclosed malice, fraud, insolence, cruelty or the like.”

WLR Daily, 28th April 2010

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