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Wainwright v Home Office

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Wainwright v Home Office
   
Issue: Whether an unjustified strip search of a visitor to prison gave rise to a remedy in tort and if so what remedy.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2003] UKHL 53
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Hoffmann, Hope, Hutton and Scott
   
Date: 16 October 2003