Greenwell v Prison Comrs

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1951
CourtCounty Court
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2 cases
  • Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 Marzo 1969
    ...Court some eighteen years ago when the Prison Commissioners were hold liable for £26 worth of damages done by a Borstal boy ( Greenwell v. Prison Commissioners) Why is there no authority on it I believe that it is simply because, until recently, no lawyer over thought such an action would l......
  • Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 Mayo 1970
    ...to these Borstal officers. They were given orders which they negligently failed to carry out. But the County Court case of Greenwell v. Prison Commissioners was relied on and I must deal with 20Some 290 trainees were held in custody in an open Borstal Institution. During the previous year t......

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