Facts
A miner refused to keep working and asked to be taken up the shaft before his shift ended. The employer delayed bringing him up.
Issue
Was the delay ?
Held
There was no false imprisonment; he had consented to stay down until the end of the shift.
Principle
Where a person consents to confinement on certain terms, there is no false imprisonment.
Why it matters
Consent as a bar to false imprisonment.
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Herd v Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co [1915] AC 67 (Lanbuk) <https://www.lanbuk.com/llb/torts/cases/herd-v-weardale-steel> accessed 31 October 2026
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