Action for damages for personal injuries brought by five claimants in respect of alleged torts of assault and battery and negligence, for which it is said the defendant is liable as representing Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom. The injuries in respect of which the claims are made are said to have been deliberately inflicted on the claimants while they were in detention in Kenya, in varying periods between 1954 and 1959, by officers and soldiers of the Kenya police force, the Home Guard and/or the Kenya Regiment.
Judges:
Justice McCombe
Citations:
[2012] EWHC 2678 (QB)
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Limitation, Torts – Other
Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.464788
