Prisoner Wins Right to Damages for Prison Move
Wrongful Movement From Open to Closed Prison -Misfeasance of Office
Karagozlu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
[2006] EWCA Civ 1691
CA
12 December 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
Loss of liberty was a form of special damage capable of
supporting a claim for misfeasance in public office if the other
ingredients of the tort were made out. Where a prisoner was moved
from an open prison to a closed prison, the residual loss of
liberty suffered amounted to a form of special or material
damage.