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R v Governor of Brockhill Prison ex p Evans (No 2)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Governor of Brockhill Prison ex p Evans (No 2)
   
Issue: Whether damages for false imprisonment were payable to a prisoner whose release date had been calculated on the basis of judicial decisions which were overruled.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Judge(s): Lords Slynn, Browne-Wilkinson, Steyn, Hope and Hobhouse
   
Date: 27 July 2000