The Weekly Law Reports
[2010] 2 WLR 1054
Court of Appeal
Iqbal
v
Prison Officers Association
[2009] EWCA Civ 1312
2009 Oct 19;
Dec 4
Dec 4
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Smith, Sullivan LJJ
False imprisonment— Prisoner serving sentence— Confinement in cell— Normal daily prison routine established by governor permitting prisoner six hours out of cell— Unlawful one-day strike by prison officers on instruction of trade union resulting in prisoner’s confinement in cell for whole day and disruption of daily routine— Whether trade union liable to prisoner for false imprisonment— Assessment of damages