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The Board held that Mrs Bethel’s arrest and initial detention were unlawful and that Mr Bastian’s employers were vicariously liable for his detention and rapes.
The Privy Council held that Ngumi’s three-month detention pending deportation was unlawful because no deportation order was made, and awarded $50,000 for that period.
The Privy Council restored the trial judge’s findings that a police officer lacked honest belief and acted maliciously in prosecuting Kevin Stuart.
The Privy Council held that the arresting officer lacked reasonable grounds to suspect the appellant of kidnapping, so the arrest and detention were unlawful.
The Privy Council dismissed Sandra Juman’s appeal, upholding findings that police had reasonable and probable cause to prosecute and that malice was not proved.
The Privy Council dismissed Trevor Williamson’s appeal, holding that malicious prosecution was not proved and that his false imprisonment claim also failed.
The Privy Council held that a lawful arrest and five-hour detention were justified while police awaited medical information about an alleged assault victim.
The Privy Council held that constitutional declarations were wrongly included in a tort claim for false imprisonment and assault, and dismissed the appeal.
Clarke v. Zurich UK General Services Ltd [2010] UKEAT 0184_10_1008 (10 August 2010)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a costs order after finding the Employment Tribunal was entitled to conclude the claimant had participated in Mr Grove’s detention.
MK v Secretary of State [2009] UKFTT 150 (HESC) (10 June 2009)
The tribunal allowed appeals against inclusion on the vulnerable adults and children lists after finding a single restraint incident did not make the appellant unsuitable.
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