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  • the police believe that there was a court warrant for your arrest, when in fact that warrant had been withdrawn, or had already been dealt with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.

Recent cases involving late release

We represented a client who was a victim of a late release from prison (HMP Wormwood Scrubs) when he was granted bail at the Crown Court. He remained in prison for a further 51 days before he contacted his solicitors to find out what was going on with his case. His solicitors found out that he had not been released and alerted the prison. We obtained compensation of £7,500 for him, together with payment of his legal costs.

inside of prison

MK Law secures justice for client held beyond bail release

We successfully secured a compensation payment of £1,500 plus legal costs for a man who was detained at HMP Thameside for three days beyond his lawful release date.

Client unlawfully detained gets £3k damages in compensation

Our Actions Against the Police team are pleased to confirm that we have just settled a claim of damages for £3,000 for our client Mr LB for false imprisonment and negligence.

City of London police agree to pay our client £23,000 compensation

We threatened to sue for false imprisonment, assault and negligence. Rather than take the matter to court, the City of London police have agreed to pay our client compensation of £23,000.