View source for R (Jollah) v SSHD (2018) EWCA Civ 1260

{{Case
|Date=2018/06/12
|NCN=[2018] EWCA Civ 1260
|ICLR=[2018] WLR(D) 353
|Other citations=[2019] 1 WLR 394
|Court=Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
|Judges=Davis, Hickinbottom, Stephen Richards
|Parties=Ibrahima Jollah, Secretary of State for the Home Department
|Sentence=False imprisonment and damages
|Summary="The context is one of immigration detention. The claimant, who is the respondent to this appeal (and who for present purposes I will call "IJ"), was made subject to a curfew restriction between the hours of 23.00 and 07.00 for a period between 3 February 2014 and 14 July 2016, pending potential deportation. Such curfew was imposed by those acting on behalf of the appellant Secretary of State purportedly pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2 (5) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 (as it then stood). It has, however, been accepted in these proceedings that, in the light of subsequent Court of Appeal authority, there was no power to impose a curfew under those provisions. Consequently, the curfew was unlawfully imposed. The question arising is whether IJ is entitled to damages for false imprisonment in respect of the time during which he was subject to the unlawful curfew. The trial judge, Lewis J, decided that he was. Having so decided, the judge at a subsequent hearing assessed the damages at £4,000: [2017] EWHC 330 (Admin); [2017] EWHC 2821 (Admin). The Secretary of State now appeals, with leave granted by the judge, against the decision that IJ was entitled to damages for false imprisonment. IJ cross-appeals, with leave granted by Singh LJ, against the amount of the award of damages. It is said on behalf of IJ that a much greater award should have been made."
|Subject=Unlawful detention cases
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2019/01/29 02:38:58 PM
}}