Late release

You can sue for false imprisonment if you were released late from prison. This can happen as a result of:

miscalculation of your sentence release date
failure to take into account qualifying days on remand / on tag
prison slow to respond  after you had been granted bail

You can also sue for false imprisonment if you have been arrested in error. This can happen when, for example:

• the police believed that there were conditions on your bail (when there weren’t) or their record of your bail conditions was inaccurate
• the police believe that there was a court warrant for your arrest, when in fact that warrant had been withdrawn, or had already been dealt with

Early release?

There has been much publicity about prisoners being released early.  It’s important to note that early release is instigated by the Ministry of Justice. It is not something that can be speeded up with the help of a solicitor. It is anticipated that prisoners will receive notification from the prison authorities directly.