Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 305 (Jul)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWHC 1940 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

McCombe J
Representation Charlotte Kilroy (instructed by Birnberg Peirce & Partners) for the claimants.
  Jeremy Johnson (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.
Judgment Dates: 28 July 2010

Catchwords

Immigration - Detention - Unlawful detention - False imprisonment - Claimant Iranian nationals claiming Secretary of State unlawfully imprisoning them in detention centre - Whether detention unlawful.

The Case

Immigration Detention. The Queen's Bench Division held that, whether judged in terms of settled principles or as an exercise of reasonableness in the light of the defendant Secretary of State's existing policy, the claimants had been unlawfully imprisoned by the Secretary of State from 12 to 25 January 2006.

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