Cases

Wainwright v Home Office

Case Reference [2003] UKHL 53; [2004] 2 AC 406; [2003] 3 WLR 1137; [2003] 3 All ER 943
Court House of Lords
Judge Lords Bingham, Hoffmann, Hope, Hutton & Scott
Date of Judgment 16 Oct 2003

Summary

Tort – Intentional infliction of harm – Visitors to prison strip-searched for drugs – Distress and humiliation inflicted – Privacy – Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights - Whether English common law recognises a cause of action for invasion or privacy- Remedies

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