Summary
A rough sleeper who had been unlawfully detained by the Home Office was awarded standard damages for unlawful detention. The judge declined to award exemplary damages because maintaining a detention policy which was later found to be unlawful did not amount to "outrageous conduct" by the Home Secretary of the kind which would give rise to exemplary damages.
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Articles About The Case
Metro Newspaper - Rough sleeper unlawfully held for over a month in detention centre awarded £15,000