Litigation Letter
Damages for false imprisonment
R (on the application of Santos) v Secretary of State for Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 371, [2016] All ER (D) 91 (Apr) NLJ 22 April
The Administrative Court awarded the claimant, a Brazilian national, damages of £136,048 for false imprisonment and breach of EU law. The defendant secretary of state had acted unlawfully in failing to issue him with a European Economic Area residence card on the basis of his marriage to an EU citizen.