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Damages Claims Against Public Authorities: Intentional Torts

1. A claimant may only recover damages in an application for judicial review if he would have been awarded damages if the claim has been made in an ordinary private law action.1 English law does not provide a remedy in damages for breach of a public law right.2 Accordingly, a claim for damages against a public authority, whether brought by way of an application for judicial review or by private law action, must identify an infringement of a private law right. This article primarily considers obtaining compensation from public authorities by way of tortious claims for false imprisonment, assault or battery, malicious prosecution or malicious process, and touches on other intentional torts, including the statutory right to damages provided for by s. 3(1) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and claims to the Home Office pursuant to s. 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Claims for misfeasance in a public office are considered separately in Duncan Fairgrieve’s article.3 Damages claims in negligence, breach of statutory duty, trespass to goods or pursuant to the anti-discrimination statutes are beyond the scope of this article.