Hearings
England & Wales
04 Dec 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1312; [2010] QB 732; [2010] 2 WLR 1054; [2010] 2 All ER 663; [2009] WLR (D) 355, CA
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association
Subject Matter
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