The court made an award of andpound;100 exemplary damages
Citations:
(1934) 151 LT 274
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Watkins v Secretary of State for The Home Departmentand others CA 20-Jul-2004
The claimant complained that prison officers had abused the system of reading his solicitor’s correspondence whilst he was in prison. The defendant argued that there was no proof of damage.
Held: Proof of damage was not necessary in the tort . .
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Damages
Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.199944