If the evidence showed an egregious and deliberate abuse of power by a public officer the Strasbourg court may award compensation for non-pecuniary loss even though its practice is not to award exemplary damages.
Citations:
(2004) 39 EHRR 635
Jurisdiction:
Human Rights
Cited by:
Cited – Watkins v Home Office and others HL 29-Mar-2006
The claimant complained of misfeasance in public office by the prisons for having opened and read protected correspondence whilst he was in prison. The respondent argued that he had suffered no loss. The judge had found that bad faith was . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights, Damages
Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.240005
