The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2001] 2 AC 19
House of Lords
R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, Ex p Evans (No 2)
2000 Feb 28,
29;
March 1, 2;
July 27
March 1, 2;
July 27
Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough
False imprisonment
— Prisoner serving sentence
— Damages
— Miscalculation of release date
— Calculation on basis of authoritative judicial decisions
— Decisions subsequently overruled
— Whether entitlement to damages for false imprisonment
— Whether relevant that prison authorities not at fault
— Assessment of damages