Editing False imprisonment (section)

====== Performance of a contract ======
This can be looked at as consent, therefore, the imprisonment is not unlawful nor false imprisonment, for example, when flying, you consent to be on the plane for that duration of time through contract. The courts have said it is not unlawful to refuse to open a train door when the train is on a bridge, even though the passenger is thereby restricted inside the train.<ref name=":1" /> Likewise, a master of a ship,<ref>''Hook v Cunard Steamship Co Ltd'' [1953] 1 All ER 1021</ref> or the pilot of a plane<ref>Civil Aviation Act 1982 s. 94</ref> can detain people during a voyage or flight when they have a reasonable cause or grounds to believe it necessary for the safety of their other passengers. Suddenly saying "I would like to leave now" is dangerous and thus, they have no reason to let you leave, moreover, you are contractually obligated to remain onboard. Therefore, this would not constitute false imprisonment.

Additionally, when a claimant is following a work contract the employer may not be held for false imprisonment for not allowing them to leave early due to a breach of contract and potential losses that could result from them leaving. In the case of ''Herd v Weardale Steel Coal''<ref>''Herd v Weardale Steel Coal & Coke Co Ltd'' [1915] AC 67</ref> where the claimant was in a mine, they were working and they wanted to leave the mine. The employer refused to let them leave at that time and the court held that the employer was under no obligation to allow them to do so.