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===== Complete restraint ===== 'Imprisonment is, as I apprehend, a total restraint of the liberty of the person, for however, short a time, and not a partial obstruction of his will, whatever inconvenience it may bring on him.'<ref name=":2">Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2007] EWCA Civ 989</ref> There must be complete restraint, therefore, if there are alternative routes that can be taken this is not false imprisonment. Such as in ''Bird v Jones [1845]''<ref name=":5">Bird v Jones [1845] EWHC 7 QB 742</ref> where the claimant wanted to walk over Hammersmith bridge but the defendant had cordoned off the public footpath, however, this did not constitute false imprisonment because, through using a longer route, the claimant could have still reached their destination. Therefore, if there is a means of escape, this is not false imprisonment. There must be no reasonable means of escape and you may be [[Compensatory damages|compensated]] for any damages caused in order for you to escape reasonably. However, if you have not taken a reasonable route of escape/reasonable action you will not be awarded damages.<ref>Hicks v Young [2015] EWHC 1144 (QB)</ref>
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