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Lee Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Lee Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
   
Issue: Whether nominal damages for false imprisonment were proper when a patient was unlawfully detained in light of a misunderstanding of legal powers, was unaware of the unlawfulness, and would have been detained under proper procedures in any event.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   B2/2014/0611
   
Neutral Citation:   [2015] EWCA Civ 79
   
Judge(s): Sir Terence Etherton C, Christopher Clarke and Vos LJJ
   
Date: 10 February 2015