Category: false imprisonment

Napier barracks conditions held not to meet minimum standards – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 29th, 2021 in asylum, detention, false imprisonment, government departments, housing, human rights, immigration, mental health, news, torture, trafficking in human beings by sally

‘In R (NB & Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1489 (Admin), the High Court ruled that the treatment of asylum seekers at Napier military barracks did not meet minimum legal standards, that the process for allocating asylum seekers to accommodation centres was flawed and unlawful and that the six claimants had been falsely imprisoned during the “inevitable” Covid-19 outbreak. David Manknell of 1 COR was junior counsel to the SSHD.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th July 2021

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Home Office forced to pay out £9.3m in compensation for over 300 cases of unlawful detention last year – The Independent

Posted July 12th, 2021 in asylum, bills, charities, compensation, damages, deportation, detention, false imprisonment, government departments, immigration, news, statistics by tracey

‘The Home Office was forced to pay out a record in compensation for wrongful detention under immigration powers last year.’

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The Independent, 10th July 2021

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Gang member jailed after man kidnapped and raped in 10-hour ordeal – The Independent

Posted May 27th, 2021 in assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, news, rape, sentencing by tracey

‘A violent thug who falsely imprisoned, assaulted and raped a man in an “horrific ordeal” has been jailed for 18 years.’

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The Independent, 26th May 2021

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British woman to sue UAE royal she accuses of sexual assault for damages – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2021 in assault, false imprisonment, judicial review, news, prosecutions, sexual offences by sally

‘A British woman who accused a senior United Arab Emirates royal of sexually assaulting her has issued a formal claim for damages.’

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The Guardian, 26th April 2021

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Covid-19 and False Imprisonment – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted November 3rd, 2020 in coronavirus, false imprisonment, freedom of movement, news, regulations, ultra vires by tracey

‘The Cambridge Private Law Centre last week hosted its annual Freshfields lecture. Lord Sumption addressed us on “Government by decree—Covid-19 and the Constitution”. This lecture has received considerable media attention and already been mentioned on this blog.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd November 2020

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Brothers stopped and searched over a fist bump to sue Met police – The Guardian

Posted October 29th, 2020 in assault, false imprisonment, news, police, race discrimination, stop and search by sally

‘Two innocent black brothers wrongly suspected by police of drug dealing after they bumped fists in the street say they were targeted because of their skin colour and will sue the police.’

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The Guardian, 29th October 2020

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Case Comment: R v Adams (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 19 – UKSC Blog

Posted August 19th, 2020 in appeals, escape from custody, false imprisonment, news, Northern Ireland, Supreme Court, terrorism by sally

‘On 13 May 2020, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R v Adams (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 19. The case, on appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland [2018] NICA 8, concerned the challenge by Gerry Adams, former leader of Sinn Féin, to his convictions for attempted escape from the Maze Prison (also known as Long Kesh) in Belfast in the early 1970s. The issue in the case was whether the order pursuant to which Mr Adams was interned in the Maze was valid, given that it had been made by the Minister of State for Northern Ireland and had not been considered personally by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland himself. The Supreme Court held that it was not valid, that Mr Adams had therefore not been detained lawfully, and consequently, that he had been wrongly convicted of attempting to escape from lawful custody. The Supreme Court duly quashed Mr Adams’ convictions.’

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UKSC Blog, 18th August 2020

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False imprisonment: common ground? – No. 5 Chambers

Posted March 24th, 2020 in appeals, chambers articles, compensation, detention, false imprisonment, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘On 12 February 2020 Lady Hale delivered the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court in R (Jalloh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 4.’

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No. 5 Chambers, 16th March 2020

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Victory in false imprisonment action challenging the lawfulness of Home Office Iraqi removal exercise – Garden Court Chambers

Posted March 20th, 2020 in chambers articles, damages, deportation, detention, documents, false imprisonment, government departments, Iraq, mental health, news, psychiatric damage by sally

‘QA, an Iraqi national and a vulnerable at risk adult was detained on 27 March 2017 to enable his inclusion in a new Iraqi documentation and removal exercise. Following detention he was held for 4 months, whilst repeated attempts were made to remove him, over which time he consistently expressed suicidal thoughts, engaged in self-harm and attempted suicide on at least two occasions.’

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Garden Court Chambers, 2nd March 2020

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Sexual predator jailed for luring aspiring models to free photoshoot where he would drug and molest them – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 17th, 2020 in assault, false imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

‘A serial sexual abuser has been jailed for luring aspiring models to photoshoots where he would ply them with drugged alcohol, wait for them to pass out and assault them.’

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Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2020

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False imprisonment not synonymous with breach of right to liberty – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 11th, 2020 in appeals, detention, electronic monitoring, false imprisonment, government departments, human rights, immigration, news, Supreme Court by tracey

‘R (on the application of Jalloh (formerly Jollah)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 4.In a pithy parting shot to the Home Secretary, Lady Hale has given the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the question of whether a person subject to a home curfew under immigration powers had been falsely imprisoned at common law and whether that concept should now be aligned with the concept of deprivation of liberty in article 5 of the ECHR. The Court decided the case against the defendant, as did every court below (the Blog covered the Court of Appeal’s decision here). The defendant had been required to pay the claimant £4,000.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th March 2020

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R (Jalloh (Liberia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 4 – UKSC Blog

Posted February 12th, 2020 in appeals, bail, damages, detention, false imprisonment, human rights, immigration, imprisonment, interpretation, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘This appeal was about the law on damages for false imprisonment. It required the Supreme Court to consider the meaning of imprisonment at common law and whether this should be aligned with the concept of deprivation of liberty under the European Convention on Human Rights.’

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UKSC Blog, 12th February 2020

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Supreme Court holds that Dublin III Detention between January 2014 and March 2017 was unlawful – Garden Court Chambers

Posted December 4th, 2019 in asylum, detention, EC law, false imprisonment, immigration, judicial review, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Secretary of State for the Home Department from the Court of Appeal decision in R(Hemmati and others) v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 2122 in which it was held that the Home Office was not entitled to detain asylum seekers for removal under the Dublin III Regulation because of the failure until 15 March 2017, to set out in law the requirements for detention.’

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Garden Court Chambers, 27th November 2019

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Supreme Court unanimously rules detention of asylum seekers pending removal was unlawful – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 4th, 2019 in asylum, detention, EC law, false imprisonment, immigration, judicial review, news, Supreme Court by tracey

‘R (Hemmati and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 56. In a significant public law decision, the Supreme Court dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal and held that the policy governing detention pending removal fails to comply with the Dublin III Regulation as it lacks adequate certainty and predictability.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd December 2019

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‘I still suffer trauma’: Home Office’s unlawful detentions – case study – The Guardian

Posted November 28th, 2019 in asylum, detention, false imprisonment, news, post-traumatic stress disorder, Supreme Court, torture by sally

‘Mohamed, an asylum seeker from Sudan, tells how he has been imprisoned many times since arriving in Britain in 2012.’

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The Guardian, 27th November 2019

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New Judgment: R (Hemmati & Ors) (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 56 – UKSC Blog

Posted November 28th, 2019 in asylum, detention, EC law, false imprisonment, immigration, judicial review, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The five respondents arrived in the United Kingdom illegally and claimed asylum. Each of the respondents was detained for a period of time pending his or her removal from the United Kingdom pursuant to the Immigration Act 1971 of Schedule 2 paragraph 16(2). The respondents challenged the lawfulness of their detention by bringing claims against the Secretary of State for the Home Department.’

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UKSC Blog, 27th November 2019

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Home Office unlawfully imprisoned asylum seekers, supreme court rules – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2019 in appeals, asylum, compensation, detention, false imprisonment, government departments, immigration, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Home Office “falsely imprisoned” many asylum seekers who are now entitled to damages for their loss of liberty at the hands of the government, five supreme court judges have ruled.’

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The Guardian, 27th November 2019

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Two Northumberland men sentenced for physical and mental torture of captive – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 21st, 2019 in assault, drug offences, false imprisonment, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing, torture, wounding by tracey

‘Two Northumberland men who subjected a captive man to a night of physical and mental torture have been sentenced to a total of 34 years at Newcastle Crown Court today (20 Nov).’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2019

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Police ban on Extinction Rebellion protests ruled illegal by high court – The Guardian

Posted November 6th, 2019 in climate change, demonstrations, false imprisonment, news, police, public order by sally

‘Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters may now sue the Metropolitan police for unlawful arrest after the high court quashed an order banning the group’s protests in London last month.’

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The Guardian, 6th November 2019

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Carlisle man who poured boiling water on partner jailed – BBC News

Posted November 5th, 2019 in conspiracy, domestic violence, false imprisonment, grievous bodily harm, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by sally

‘A man who beat his partner with a mallet and poured boiling water over her head has been jailed for 15 years.’

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BBC News, 4th November 2019

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