Appeal by the Home Office against an order of Mr. Recorder Bullock at the Newcastle on Tyne County Court on 4th April 2001 when he held that the Home Office was liable to the claimant, who is a prisoner serving a life sentence, for an agreed sum of pounds 12,000 damages arising out of an incident at Wakefield Prison in December 1999 when the claimant was held hostage by another prisoner for about five hours. Towards the end of that period he suffered serious stab wounds and subsequently suffered post traumatic stress disorder.
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 51
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Personal Injury
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.216747