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The Weekly Law Reports

[2005] 2 WLR 1538

Court of Appeal

Watkins v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others

[2004] EWCA Civ 966

2004 May 4;
July 20

Brooke, Clarke and Laws LJJ

Tort — Cause of action — Misfeasance in public office — Prison officers opening prisoner's correspondence with legal advisers in breach of Prison Rules — Whether proof of damage necessary ingredient

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